Dubai Police app feature analyses surroundings for visually impaired

Visually impaired residents will greatly benefit from a new feature in the updated version of the Dubai Police app which is able to detect surroundings through their device’s camera and explain it to users, Dubai Police have said.

Dubai Police’s Department of Smart Services announced the launch of the app feature for people with disabilities in a bid to support the government’s vision to transform Dubai into a disability-friendly city by 2020.

Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, director-general of Smart Services at Dubai Police, said the new feature uses a smart camera to detect and process surroundings and then explains it through voice-over.

“The smart camera relies on an optical detection technique. This is the first time for something like this to be introduced in the Middle East,” he said. “We had introduced this unique feature to make life much easier for this important category in our community.”

Explaining how it works, he said, users will have to activate the voice over assistant option in iPhone devices and then open the Dubai Police app.

source : gulfnews