VisBuddy -- A Smart Wearable Assistant for the Visually Challenged. (arXiv:2108.07761v3 [cs.CV] UPDATED)

Vision plays a crucial role in comprehending the world around us. More than
85% of the external information is obtained through the vision system. It
influences our mobility, cognition, information access, and interaction with
the environment and other people. Blindness prevents a person from gaining
knowledge of the surrounding environment and makes unassisted navigation,
object recognition, obstacle avoidance, and reading tasks significant
challenges. Many existing systems are often limited by cost and complexity. To
help the visually challenged overcome these …

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