[RELEASE] Nanodesktop Blind Assistant CFW0003

[pegasus2000]

The third version of Nanodesktop Blind Assistant is on Visilab website.
You can download it here:

http://visilab.unime.it/~filippo/Bli...dAssistant.htm

I want to remember that Blind Assistant is a software for PSP that can
help the blind in their daily life.

The system can recognize the names and the positions of the people that
are in the room, the name of the place where the blind is and it can
read a text, written on a paper, using an OCR and the internal vocal
synthesis engine.

The changes consist of some fixes and optimizations:

Introduced BlindServer 1.1 engine (it has been totally redesigned)
Introduced /siftdebug option
New version of BAWCP protocol
Improved speed of face recognition
Introduced new cvhaarcascade file
Introduced trackbars for the probe area and the threshold of the face detector
New criterium for skipping the face recognizer results
Several bugs fixed
More efficient VFPU code for face recognition

[xXChromeXx]

So you write names in it and it can read them back?

[pegasus2000]

Originally Posted by xXChromeXx

So you write names in it and it can read them back?

Yes. See the documentation for further details.

[xXChromeXx]

Thats pretty cool. I might check it out.

[Coolj]

Awesome.

[xXChromeXx]

I checked out the description on the site and all I can say is WOW. This could really help people.

[joseph10444]

cool do you HAVE to have the gocam?

[wicked_fable]

Well, I am sure you have to have something if you want it to recognize people's faces. Unless you are asking about using it without any camera functions at all then I would think that he made it so that camera functions simply do not work. At least, I hope that is what he did because some people just don't want to buy a camera for their PSP. Also, it just says "supports" but not "requires."

Anyhow, I have always been interested in this program ever since you first started and I must say that it seems cooler and cooler every time I see it. This is a pretty interesting way to use a PSP; I think it would be cool if someone could maximize the PSP's functionality to help the blind by adding voice sounds for the options in the XMB. In this way, it would make it easier for someone who is blind to use a PSP and give them a little more usage out of it(e.g. listening to music).

Keep up the great work, this is superb stuff.

[pegasus2000]

Originally Posted by wicked_fable

Well, I am sure you have to have something if you want it to recognize people's faces. Unless you are asking about using it without any camera functions at all then I would think that he made it so that camera functions simply do not work. At least, I hope that is what he did because some people just don't want to buy a camera for their PSP. Also, it just says "supports" but not "requires."

Anyhow, I have always been interested in this program ever since you first started and I must say that it seems cooler and cooler every time I see it. This is a pretty interesting way to use a PSP; I think it would be cool if someone could maximize the PSP's functionality to help the blind by adding voice sounds for the options in the XMB. In this way, it would make it easier for someone who is blind to use a PSP and give them a little more usage out of it(e.g. listening to music).

Keep up the great work, this is superb stuff.

In real facts, I'm working in this moment on a new tecnology that will
add to all nd applications the possibility of controlling through the voice.

So, if you want to phone to your friend, you have only say "Open a
channel" to your PSP, and the console will understand your voice
command. This tecnology could be integrated in the next versions of
the Blind Assistant, so the blind could control the system using his
voice.

[Moose]

Originally Posted by joseph10444

cool do you HAVE to have the gocam?

Of course he has it...

[xXChromeXx]

Originally Posted by pegasus2000

In real facts, I'm working in this moment on a new tecnology that will
add to all nd applications the possibility of controlling through the voice.

So, if you want to phone to your friend, you have only say "Open a
channel" to your PSP, and the console will understand your voice
command. This tecnology could be integrated in the next versions of
the Blind Assistant, so the blind could control the system using his
voice.

Thats amazing. Keep up the good work.

[SchmilK]

Wow...i remember reading about this when you first publicly released this and now I REALY want a go cam!! Granted i can see and read fine...but i just want to try this program and all you have made it do!

keep up the good work, this is probably the most advanced homebrew to date!

[wicked_fable]

Originally Posted by pegasus2000

In real facts, I'm working in this moment on a new tecnology that will
add to all nd applications the possibility of controlling through the voice.

So, if you want to phone to your friend, you have only say "Open a
channel" to your PSP, and the console will understand your voice
command. This tecnology could be integrated in the next versions of
the Blind Assistant, so the blind could control the system using his
voice.

I cannot wait to try that out. I think it would be cool for even those of us who are not blind simply because anything with voice commands is cool.

Originally Posted by Moose

Of course he has it...

I think he is referring to himself or "us" as users of the application. I didn't fully catch that slip in English, though! Ha, it got past me. it should have been, "Do I have to have the Sony GoCam! ?"

[pegasus2000]

SERVICE COMMUNICATION:

Thank to an advice that has been sent to me few hours ago, it has
been discovered a serious incompatibility in Nanodesktop HAL 0.3.4,
that makes BA non compatible with PSP FAT.

The trouble is known: we're working to solve it in the shortest time.

When I'll have ready the new version of the Blind Assistant, I'll
advice the forum and I'll release the core CFW0004.

In the meantime, you can use BlindAssistant with PSP-SLIM.

The patch will require only few days (2-3 days for test, update of
the site etc.). It's probably that a new version of Nanodesktop must
be released for the developers.

I want to excuse myself for the trouble: unfortunately, it has been
discovered too late.

Sorry.

[arcturien]

Hello pegasus2000,

Very interesting and cool job you've made. I've tested your homebrew on PSP FAT and I confirm that there is an error while launching the application.

I only hope that the fix will come very soon.

Keep it up !!!

@+
rv.

[pegasus2000]

Originally Posted by arcturien

Hello pegasus2000,

Very interesting and cool job you've made. I've tested your homebrew on PSP FAT and I confirm that there is an error while launching the application.

I only hope that the fix will come very soon.

Keep it up !!!

@+
rv.

A new core (CFW0004) that is compatible with PSP-FAT is available
on Visilab website:

http://visilab.unime.it/~filippo/Bli...dAssistant.htm