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**pegasus2000** · 02-01-2009, 01:14 AM

I have released the new version of Nanodesktop Blind Assistant (core CFW0005).

Blind Assistant is the attempt to help the blinds through simple commercial
devices as the Sony PSP, without the necessity to buy expensive
proprietary devices.

You can download the new homebrew here:

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

Sir, this is the most complex homebrew ever realized before.

As you have seen in a previous article, I've posted before two videos
that show the features of Blind Assistant:

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Nanodesktop.../49/aid/127969

This version of Blind Assistant, is able to talk with the blind using the
ndFLite voice synthetizer. It can answer to the vocal commands, using
the ndPocketSphinx speech recognition engine.

In this way, the blind can interact with the system using only his voice.

This version of the software integrates five features:

a) a face recognition engine, that can recognize the names of the people
that are present in the room (and the position in the screen), using
PentLand algorithm. Our version of the algorithm uses VFPU to speed up
the computations.

b) a room recognizer, that can recognize the room in which the blind is,
through a x86 server (BlindServer) and the SIFT (Scalar Image Feature
Transform) algorithm.

c) a optical char recognition engine, that can read to the blind a text
that is grabbed by the camera

d) a colour scanner, that is able to say to the blind what is the average
color of the image that is grabbed by the camera in that moment. This
is useful for the blind for recognizing the color of an object that is in
front of it

e) a mail reader, that can read the mail that the blind receives from a
POP3 server.

See the documentation in the zip file for the installation of the homebrew.
The program is able to autoupdate itself using internet.

I hope that this program can be useful.

Eng. Filippo Battaglia

cheewongken · 02-01-2009, 05:50 AM

NICE......

great job!

**Vonsta** · 02-01-2009, 06:33 AM

wow i have heard about the NanoDesktop stuff.. but i didnt realise that this can actually be used by a blind person to "see" and recognize different people, objects, environment, surroundings, AND have voice recognition ??

all that on a simple (compared to the "official" hardware used by the blind) Sony PSP..

i must say that is pretty impressive for a homebrew.. someone should be marketing this type of stuff to Sony, fetching some well-deserved income.. but i suppose they would be afraid of legal battles etc if the individual suffers an injury (or worse) due to the use of this software on their hardware.. still its a great thing you have done.. and i will hazzard a guess and say there are already some grateful people out there who are vision-impaired using this and saving money etc..

good to see a TRULY useful (and above all, helpful) piece of PSP homebrew.. well done

**Zevlar** · 02-01-2009, 08:00 AM

@Vonsta
Agreed.
This is an amazing program!

**sonamta** · 02-01-2009, 01:44 PM

great job!! keep it up!

**maxexcloo** · 02-02-2009, 09:29 PM

Great work!

You should really think about talking to Sony about this

It would really help people.

**soopergooman** · 02-03-2009, 08:01 AM

If I manage to start up my Games Publishing company by years end, I am going to recruit you to make this for me and then we will convince Sony to let us make a umd version of it with memstick access(for fast load times) This is possibly the best real world use application since deniska's mapthis. Cheers mate a job well done for sure.

**pegasus2000** · 02-03-2009, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soopergooman

If I manage to start up my Games Publishing company by years end, I am going to recruit you to make this for me and then we will convince Sony to let us make a umd version of it with memstick access(for fast load times) This is possibly the best real world use application since deniska's mapthis. Cheers mate a job well done for sure.

Unfortunately, I live in Italy and you're in USA, aren't you ?

Filippo

**pegasus2000** · 02-10-2009, 11:55 PM

A new version of the package (Package B), has been released on the
Visilab website.

This new version corrects a previous problem that was present in
PSP-SLIM, caused by two missing files in BLINDASSISTANT folder.

Please, can you do a public announce ?

02-01-2009, 01:14 AM	#1
pegasus2000 Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 131 Trader Feedback: 0	[RELEASE] Nanodesktop Blind Assistant CFW0005 OUT!!! I have released the new version of Nanodesktop Blind Assistant (core CFW0005). Blind Assistant is the attempt to help the blinds through simple commercial devices as the Sony PSP, without the necessity to buy expensive proprietary devices. You can download the new homebrew here: http://visilab.unime.it/~filippo/Bli...dAssistant.htm Sir, this is the most complex homebrew ever realized before. As you have seen in a previous article, I've posted before two videos that show the features of Blind Assistant: http://pspupdates.qj.net/Nanodesktop.../49/aid/127969 This version of Blind Assistant, is able to talk with the blind using the ndFLite voice synthetizer. It can answer to the vocal commands, using the ndPocketSphinx speech recognition engine. In this way, the blind can interact with the system using only his voice. This version of the software integrates five features: a) a face recognition engine, that can recognize the names of the people that are present in the room (and the position in the screen), using PentLand algorithm. Our version of the algorithm uses VFPU to speed up the computations. b) a room recognizer, that can recognize the room in which the blind is, through a x86 server (BlindServer) and the SIFT (Scalar Image Feature Transform) algorithm. c) a optical char recognition engine, that can read to the blind a text that is grabbed by the camera d) a colour scanner, that is able to say to the blind what is the average color of the image that is grabbed by the camera in that moment. This is useful for the blind for recognizing the color of an object that is in front of it e) a mail reader, that can read the mail that the blind receives from a POP3 server. See the documentation in the zip file for the installation of the homebrew. The program is able to autoupdate itself using internet. I hope that this program can be useful. Eng. Filippo Battaglia

02-03-2009, 08:01 AM	#7
soopergooman ThatSonyGuy/THATPSPGUY My Mood: Join Date: Jun 2005 Real First Name: Sooper Location: All tha way East!!! Just Played: Battlefield1943 ps3 Posts: 672 Trader Feedback: 0	If I manage to start up my Games Publishing company by years end, I am going to recruit you to make this for me and then we will convince Sony to let us make a umd version of it with memstick access(for fast load times) This is possibly the best real world use application since deniska's mapthis. Cheers mate a job well done for sure. __________________ There are only two infinite's, The Universe and Human Stupidity.- Albert Einstein Sony Messed up and had to give me a Brand New 60gig PS3, not a refurb

02-01-2009, 05:50 AM	#2
cheewongken Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 39 Trader Feedback: 0	NICE...... great job!

02-01-2009, 06:33 AM	#3
Vonsta Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney - Australia Posts: 276 Trader Feedback: 0	wow i have heard about the NanoDesktop stuff.. but i didnt realise that this can actually be used by a blind person to "see" and recognize different people, objects, environment, surroundings, AND have voice recognition ?? all that on a simple (compared to the "official" hardware used by the blind) Sony PSP.. i must say that is pretty impressive for a homebrew.. someone should be marketing this type of stuff to Sony, fetching some well-deserved income.. but i suppose they would be afraid of legal battles etc if the individual suffers an injury (or worse) due to the use of this software on their hardware.. still its a great thing you have done.. and i will hazzard a guess and say there are already some grateful people out there who are vision-impaired using this and saving money etc.. good to see a TRULY useful (and above all, helpful) piece of PSP homebrew.. well done

02-01-2009, 08:00 AM	#4
Zevlar Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: flash0:/ Posts: 197 Trader Feedback: 0	@Vonsta Agreed. This is an amazing program!

02-01-2009, 01:44 PM	#5
sonamta My Mood: Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 173 Trader Feedback: 0	great job!! keep it up!

02-02-2009, 09:29 PM	#6
maxexcloo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 390 Trader Feedback: 0	Great work! You should really think about talking to Sony about this It would really help people.

02-10-2009, 11:55 PM	#9
pegasus2000 Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 131 Trader Feedback: 0	A new version of the package (Package B), has been released on the Visilab website. This new version corrects a previous problem that was present in PSP-SLIM, caused by two missing files in BLINDASSISTANT folder. Please, can you do a public announce ?

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