@viq @eric @rysiek the huge problem for these companies is that, and I heard it directly, blind-related usage is a coincidence. I mean: we use this tech because it can help but they have not basically been made to be such an aid, from the start. So there are consequences, such as the inaccuracy of relationship between input and output.
I mean: one blind-optimized interface, is immediate: "where's the toilet paper roll?" as a question. And the answer could be, "the paper roll hangs on the wall on your right". Mainstream projected model instead, to similar question, replies with a list of public toilets in your area. You must give your device a much more accurate voice input, such as "take a pic of the environment in front of me and describe the scene, providing directions of where the toilet paper roll is".
True you do it, you get used to it, but it's not the most simple way to use an aid.
That said, camera-equipped glasses are quite new for mainstream market. I mean, they are explored since years but the "explosion" of this trend came after 2023 I think, after AI come to the masses.
That's why I'm completely in favor of regulations, but not that I should continuously provide bureaucracy to certify I'm blind, in every place. I don't want to tell the world I exist, every time I ask for something. A sighted doesn't have to justify their eyes usage, despite sometimes they should. For example not using them to looking at a walking non-consenting woman's breasts obsessively. That should be just the least. But for us, blind, if we rely on bureaucracy and rules, to have an aid we expect to be a human right, it can take years. Regulations should be made, but also listening to us. Nothing about us, without us.
Then, another issue that glasses (even those without camera) solve, is their ability to work as a bluetooth speaker when in public transportation.
I suppose everyone of us has been subject to so-called "bare beating" phenomenon. It's when someone turns on music, games, ringtones, whatever, at loud volume, disturbing other people.
Well, having ordinary headphones/earphones on our ears, becomes a problem for a blind because the ear's canal is obstructed by the earbud. Even the clip-based open ear earbuds are quite an issue. They promise you not to be isolated, but you do not feel sounds properly, if you need accuracy. Tried 2 pairs, one from shokz and one from Bose.
But glasses arms instead, are very accurate and you just have your ears open, without barebeat anyone.
In few words, what I'm claiming is to live in peace, without having to explain someone why I use the aid I use. Be it a cane, be it a dog, be it a robot machine in the future, or smart glasses, whatever.
Being observed with suspicion and paranoia is something that's no longer acceptable.
