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The giant American technology and software company Microsoft has developed a version of the application to help the blind and visually impaired using artificial intelligence technology Seeing AI, to work with the Android smart device operating system, noting that it can be downloaded from the Play Store application store and works in 18 languages, with Microsoft intending to support 36. language next year. The Seeing.i application describes the place and objects surrounding a person in an audible way, and it aims to help blind and visually impaired people perform tasks such as reading mail messages, identifying products, and hearing descriptions of pictures. The user points the smartphone camera in any direction in order for the application to describe the content The photo taken by the camera. CNET.com indicated that the application contains different categories for various tasks. For example, the “Short Text” function reads the text out loud once it is placed in front of the camera.
