If you wanted to learn more about AIRA, a conference call is available this Wednesday to answer your questions.
Michael Hingson, Director of Strategic Sale for AIRA, is hosting a free conference call which will introduce the service and allow you to ask all of your burning questions. Plans start at $89 a month but there are options to bring the price down, including a family share plan and a potential free month of service. Details on the call are included below.
Over the past few weeks I have conducted conference calls about Aira, the visual interpreter for the blind. The response has been tremendous and I thank all of you who have participated. Many of you have written with questions as well as asking when I will be holding another call. Most input I have received suggests that Wednesday is the best day in the week for the call. If you have other thoughts, please let me know by emailing me at michael.hingson@aira.io. Meantime, I have scheduled another call for Wednesday, October 25, 2017, to introduce you to Aira as well as answer questions previous weeks’ callers have thought to ask.
Perhaps you have heard of Aira or perhaps you have not yet heard of this incredible product. We call Aira “a visual interpreter for blind and low vision persons”. With Aira anyone can accomplish tasks usually inaccessible to blind people because they require significant eye sight to perform them, more eye sight than we have ourselves.
So, what is Aira exactly? Aira is a product consisting of smart glasses with a tiny high-resolution video camera, an app on a smartphone, and a specially trained agent who describes the images seen by the glasses’ camera. To use Aira a blind person contacts Aira through the Aira app. When a request is made an agent is called by the smartphone while at the same time a video internet connection is established between the agent and the glasses. When the agent answers the call from the user, not only does the agent see what the camera transmits, but they also receive gps and Google map data showing where the user is and what is geographically around them.
Agents are specifically hired because they have an aptitude for describing and providing information as required. They go through special training and a rigorous battery of tests before they are permitted to accept calls and go to work. Aira agents do not help, but rather they provide information. If, for example, you use Aira while walking and you approach a street corner the Aira agent will not tell you when it is safe to cross the street. The agent can indicate it they see cars coming and they can tell you when the traffic light turns green for you. Aira does not replace canes, guide dogs or your travel skills. Instead, Aira enhances your toolbox of information gathering techniques.
People have used Aira to go shopping, travel through airports and malls, better perform household tasks such as identifying and preparing meals, putting on makeup, visiting places such as amusement parks and Arlington cemetery, assembling items and even running in the Boston Marathon. Aira is limited in what it can do only by your imagination.
If you want to learn more about Aira you are invited to attend the teleconference call on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 2PM Hawaiian time, 5PM Pacific time, 6PM Mountain time, 7PM Central time, and 8PM Eastern time. If you are wondering why I list all times it is because I want to point out that Aira is available to everyone throughout the United States. Oh yes, this does include Alaska which means some may be calling in at 9PM. To attend all you need to do is to dial in with the phone number (605) 468-8004, and enter the access code 329906# when the call is answered. During the call, you will learn all you wish to know about Aira. We shall be conducting a live demonstration with an Aira agent assisting me, or at least describing to you what I am doing as well as helping me answer your questions.
Should you have questions you wish to ask me before the call please feel free to contact me directly at michael.hingson@aira.io and I will do my best to provide a timely response or ask that you attend the call, so I can give everyone the same answer. I hope to see you next Wednesday and I look forward to you joining the Aira family. Below my signature are some links you can click on to learn more about Aira. Thank you for your time.
By the way, if you are not currently an Aira user be sure to dial in to receive a special offer. Anyone who calls into the call and who signs up that evening will automatically receive their second month of Aira service free.
I look forward to talking with you on Wednesday.
Best regards
Michael Hingson
Director of Strategic Sales
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J.J. Meddaugh is an experienced technology writer and computer enthusiast. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a major in telecommunications management and a minor in business. When not writing for Blind Bargains, he enjoys travel, playing the keyboard, and meeting new people.
