Using Google Cloud Vision in assistive technology scenarios

Abstract

Google Cloud Vision is an image recognition technology that allows us to remotely process the content of an image and to retrieve its main features. By using specialized REST API, called Google Cloud Vision API, developers exploit such a technology within their own applications. Currently, this tool is in limited preview and its services are accessible for trusted tester users only. From a developer's perspective, in this paper, we intend to use such software resources in order to achieve assistive technology solutions for people with disabilities. Specifically, we investigate some potential benefits of Cloud Vision tool towards the development of applications for users who are blind.