{"id":823765,"date":"2022-03-14T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?p=823765"},"modified":"2022-10-19T07:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:58:56","slug":"peoplelens-using-ai-to-support-social-interaction-between-children-who-are-blind-and-their-peers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/peoplelens-using-ai-to-support-social-interaction-between-children-who-are-blind-and-their-peers\/","title":{"rendered":"PeopleLens: Using AI to support social interaction between children who are blind and their peers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The PeopleLens is a new research technology designed to help people who are blind or have low vision better understand their immediate social environments by locating and identifying people in the space. Coupled with a scheme of work based on research and practices from psychology and speech and language therapy, the system can help children and young people who are blind more easily forge social connections with their peers.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For children born blind, social interaction can be particularly challenging. A child may have difficulty aiming their voice at the person they\u2019re talking to and put their head on their desk instead. Linguistically advanced young people may struggle with maintaining a topic of conversation, talking only about something of interest to them. Most noticeably, many children and young people who are blind struggle with engaging and befriending those in their age group despite a strong desire to do so. This is often deeply frustrating for the child or young person and can be equally so for their support network of family members and teachers who want to help them forge these important connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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