Google’s new Guided Vision feature can help you read the fine print
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Guided Vision is launching in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices today to use AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything you point your phone's camera at. By sharing your camera in Gemini Live, you can have Google's AI help with things like reading small text, describing your surroun
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A person in a dimly lit room squinting at a tiny user agreement on a computer screen, with a smartphone camera trained on the text, its AI voice reading aloud the fine print in a robotic monotone.
Caption: Thanks Google, now I need bifocals to listen to text.
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Based on the original story on theverge.com.
Editor's note
While Google's Guided Vision feature promises to assist users in reading fine print and navigating their environment more easily, it also raises significant privacy concerns. The potential misuse of camera feeds and real-time data by third parties highlights the need for robust security measures to protect user information.
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Panel 1
*Setting: Alex, the optimistic inventor, is holding his smartphone and pointing it at a small print instruction manual lying on his cluttered desk.* Alex (excitedly)
Alex: Oh, this is amazing! With Guided Vision, I can finally read this tiny print without my glasses!
Panel 2
*Setting: Sam, the deadpan pragmatist, enters the room and looks at the phone pointed at the manual.* Sam (dryly)
Sam: So, what’s the catch? Is it really helping, or just telling you your phone is out of battery?
Panel 3
*Setting: Robin, the chaos catalyst, bursts into the room with a spray bottle and starts spraying water at the phone and manual. Alex and Sam look at her in disbelief as the camera’s screen goes fuzzy.* Robin (innocently)
Robin: I heard it needs a clear view—let’s see if it works underwater!
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