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Let's talk tech smart glasses
Last month, Sight for Surrey ran a Let's Talk Tech session about Smart Glasses. Smart Glasses are special glasses that connect to the internet. They have small cameras, microphones and speakers built in. They let people take photos or videos, listen to sound and use AI tools without using their hands.
These glasses can help people who are blind or partially sighted. They use AI and cameras to give quick, hands‑free information about what is around them. This can help people read, find their way and recognise objects on their own. Examples include Meta Ray‑Ban glasses, Envision Glasses and OrCam.
You can find many easy‑to‑follow videos online about Smart Glasses. Here are some helpful ones:
- Ray Ban Meta - 5 mistakes to avoid
- Ray Ban Meta - Life hacks part 1
- Ray Ban Meta - Life hacks part 2
- Ray Ban Meta - live translation
- Ray Ban Meta - Transitions/prescription lenses
If you would like to book a demonstration and one-to-one session to try out a pair of Smart Glasses, please email Sight for Surrey at technology@sightforsurrey.org.uk
Meet-Up Catch-Up sessions
Sight for Surrey runs friendly Meet Up Catch‑Up sessions. These drop‑ins are for people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted or deafblind. The sessions run from 10am to 12 noon at:
- Epsom Library: 3rd Tuesday of every month
- Merstham Village Hall: every Thursday during school term time
- New Haw Library, Addlestone: 3rd Wednesday of every month
- Oxted Library: 2nd Wednesday of every month
- St Mary’s Church Hall, Fetcham: last Friday of every month
- Wilfrid Noyce Centre, Godalming: 1st Thursday of every month
For more information, please contact Sight for Surrey:
- Telephone: 01372 377701
- Text: 07860 026269
- Email: info@sensoryservices.org.uk
- Website/SignLive: sightforsurrey.org.uk