# Christopher Meredith

- **Event:** [Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon)
- **When:** Oct 26, 12:00 PM – Nov 4, 9:00 PM (EST)
- **Where:** Online
- **Team:** [Chris Meredith](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/tallin)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/tallin32/proper-dave
- **Demo video:** https://youtu.be/i90JwCNqAuQ
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3447

There are several applications for blind and visually impaired people that handle individual tasks—read this sign, describe this thermostat—or that will try and describe the environment with more verbosity than is needed (cheerily te3ll you, every three seconds that it still doesn't see the elevator you're looking for). This project, codenamed Proper Dave (until this hits production and because so many blindness related projects have overly inspirational names that imply a replacement for the sense of sight) takes a more customizable approach. The user can specify what they want described, refine the goal over time, and, eventually, customize the inference engine so that it knows how to "read a thermostat", "find a bus", "describe the controls on this washing machine" or "tell me what I see as I walk down Marine Drive in Mumbai". The minimum viable prototype can successfully identify and read signs when asked.

## More from Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon

- [Olasile Abolade](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3444)
- [Appition](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3445)
- [ALAFIAI](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3446)
- [stories](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3448)
- [NailMentor by IND Academy](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3449)
- [DORA](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3450)

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