Envision offers a free app, and for purchase, the Envision Glasses for the blind and visually impaired that helps with text recognition, facial recognition, product recognition and a lot more. On this Episode of the CoA Epic Ally podcast, I interviewed CTO, Karthik Mahadevan, from Envision to tell us all about their apps and glasses, and some of the things that he's excited about assistive technology and AI.

Envision

https://www.letsenvision.com/

Video Chapters

00:00 – Intro

01:15 –CTO and Co-Founder Karthik Kannan

01:57 - Envision App and Updates

07:37 – AI on the Envision

14:26 – The Envision Glasses

17:15 – Battery and Charging

19:01 – Connecting Phone Audio

19:24 – Google Glass

24:15 – Envision AI and Data Privacy

28:35 – Community Input into Development

30:57 – Envision vs Other Smart Glasses

36:31 – How Envision Started

42:05 – From Paid Subscription to Free

45:21 – Envision Glasses – Price and Availability

46:52 – Why is AT so expensive?

50:10 – What’s exciting in AT and AI?

51:41 – Envision Demo

52:19 – Final Thoughts about Envision Ap

52:59 – Final Thoughts about Envision Glasses