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How Google Lookout's AI can describe images for the visually impaired


With Image Q+A, users can ask questions - via voice or text - about any uploaded image. Here's how to access it.

Screenshot by David Grober/ZDNETEven before the generative AI boom, the Google Lookout app leveraged AI to assist the visually impaired and blind community explore their surroundings using their phone cameras. Launched in March 2019, the app recently added a handy AI-powered feature -- Image Q+A. This new iPhone app fuses AI with web search, saving you time and energy

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