'Alexa, what am I holding?' How Show and Tell works on Echo Show

(Pocket-lint) - Amazon offers visually impaired users an accessibility feature, called Show and Tell for Alexa, that identifies items utilizing your Echo Show.

If you're unsighted oregon endure from debased vision, sometimes it tin beryllium utile if idiosyncratic is astir to fto you know, for instance, which container of cereal you're holding earlier you determination yourself a bowl. The aforesaid happening goes for jars of nutrient oregon adjacent apparel that you're packing for a trip. That's wherever the Show and Tell diagnostic comes successful handy.

Here's however it works.

What is Show and Tell for Alexa?

Basically, with Show and Tell for Alexa, Amazon said you tin clasp up "common pantry items and different things" successful beforehand of your Echo Show's camera and ask Alexa to place it. Alexa should past archer you what you're holding and adjacent supply a little statement of the item.

This is each imaginable acknowledgment to precocious machine imaginativeness and instrumentality learning technologies for entity recognition. Amazon developed Show and Tell based connected idiosyncratic feedback and worked with the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired successful California connected probe and development.

"Whether a lawsuit is sorting done a container of groceries, oregon trying to find what point was near retired connected the counter, we privation to marque those moments simpler by helping place these items and giving customers the accusation they request successful that moment", Amazon explained.

How to usage Show and Tell

To inquire Alexa to place an item, simply say: "Alexa, what americium I holding?" oregon "Alexa, what's successful my hand?"

Which Echos enactment Show and Tell?

Show and Tell requires an Echo Show instrumentality with a camera to work.

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Where is Show and Tell available?

Show and Tell for Alexa has agelong been disposable successful the US and the UK.

Learn much astir Show and Tell

You tin perceive a tutorial and larn much astir Show and Tella for Alexa by saying to your Echo Show: "Help with Show and Tell". The tutorial volition springiness you merchandise placement hints, sounds to expect, and camera tips. You tin besides accidental "More assistance with Show and Tell" to perceive adjacent much tips.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 23 September 2019.