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Using 3D audio cues, Microsoft’s Soundscape app aims to help users create mental maps of unfamiliar environments and boost navigation confidence. Microsoft has launched Soundscape in Ireland, an app ...

Microsoft is sunsetting an experimental research project that uses audio-based technology to help visually impaired people navigate and gain a stronger awareness of their surroundings. However, the ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft Research has been working on Soundscape for more than six years, and launched an iOS app by the same name in 2018. Unlike traditional step-by-step navigation apps, Soundscape ...

With the importance placed on screens, apps, and user interfaces, smartphones have become visual devices first and only communication devices second. That immediately puts a class of people at a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. 3D audio cues help mark waypoints, intersections, and points of interest 3D audio cues help mark waypoints, ...

Microsoft’s been working on accessibility tools to help visually impaired people navigate the world through mobile devices and audio cues for years. The company introduced its Seeing AI technology in ...

Ever hear of Microsoft Soundscape? We hadn’t, either. But apparently it and similar apps like Blindsquare provide people with vision problems context about their surroundings. The app is made to run ...

Today, Microsoft Australia and Vision Australia announced the availability of Soundscape, a new application that empowers people who are blind or have low vision to explore the world around them ...

Microsoft has launched a 3D audio wayfinding app for people who are blind or have low-vision in Australia. Soundscape allows users to place beacons at an address or landmark. As individuals make their ...