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# An accessibility angle for face computers
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/an-accessibility-angle-for-face-computers/
- Published: 2025-08-24T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-24T13:00:01.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
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Jess Weatherbed writing for The Verge: [These Smart Glasses Use AI to Help Low-Vision Users](https://www.theverge.com/news/759160/ally-solos-smart-glasses-ai-envision-low-vision?ref=birchtree.me)

> Envision says the camera-equipped Ally Solos Glasses can read and translate text, describe surroundings, search the web, and recognize people, objects, and signs, feeding information to the user via open-ear speakers built into the ear stems.

This is something I found really nice about the Meta Ray-Bans as well. If you have low vision or need help understanding a sign or anything else in front of you, you just just say, "hey Meta, what does this sign say?" or "hey Meta, what am I looking at?" and the glasses will tell you. Not a bad feature for a face computer that doesn't make you look silly.