Blind veterans in North Charleston received smart glasses that read print
The Palmetto Council of the Blind and Meta gave Ray-Ban Meta glasses to legally blind veterans. The glasses can read mail and menus aloud. They do not restore sight.
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The Palmetto Council of the Blind and Meta distributed Ray-Ban Meta glasses to legally blind veterans in North Charleston. The glasses can read print aloud, including mail and menus.
They are a tool for text a person cannot see. They are not a treatment that restores vision, and the giveaway is not a claim that every blind veteran now has a pair.
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In North Charleston, South Carolina, the Palmetto Council of the Blind and the company Meta gave smart glasses to veterans who are legally blind. The glasses are Ray-Ban Meta glasses. They can read things like mail and menus out loud. They do not give someone their sight back. They are a tool for print that a person cannot see on the page. The veterans received them for free.
- What can the glasses do with a letter or a menu?
- What can the glasses not do?
- Why would reading mail out loud help someone?
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