Show Notes
The personalizable object recognizer Find My Things was recently recognized for accessible design. Researcher Daniela Massiceti and software development engineer Martin Grayson talk about the research project’s origins and the tech advances making it possible. The Find My Things story is an example of research at Microsoft enhancing Microsoft products and services. To try the Find My Things tool, download the free, publicly available Seeing AI app. Learn more: Find My Things: Personalized Accessibility through Teachable AI for People who are Blind or Low Vision | Publication, May 2024 Understanding Personalized Accessibility through Teachable AI: Designing and Evaluating Find My Things for People who are Blind or Low Vision | Publication, October 2023 Teachable AI Experiences (Tai X) | Project page PeopleLens | Publication, June 2021 ORBIT: A Real-World Few-Shot Dataset for Teachable Object Recognition | Publication, October 2021 Collaborators: Teachable AI with Cecily Morrison and Karolina Pakėnaitė | Microsoft Research Podcast, December 2023
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