Researchers develop smart glasses help blind identify surrounding objects

Tunisian University students have innovated smart glasses equipped with a small camera that helps the blind recognize their surroundings, through voice messages that provide detailed data on nearby physical objects to facilitate the movement of the visually impaired.

The engineer and university professor, Abdul Razzaq Hashani, told A24 that the smart glasses were programmed using the same algorithms as cell phones to process information and images, and then send signals to the headphones about the surroundings.

Hashani added that the Ministry of Social Affairs commended their project and expressed interest in the prototype they developed.

Students explained that their innovation consists of three components, a bracelet, a white stick, and glasses equipped with a camera, all connected to each other. With these glasses, they said, blind people can know exactly what is going on around them.

The development of smart glasses has been well received by Tunisians, with many visually impaired people and their families contacting researchers to see if they can be obtained.