Seat Allocation for Blind People in Public Transport

  This integrated CV + NLP system can materially improve independence and dignity for blind people navigating public places by automatically finding, reserving, and guiding them to appropriate seats. Key success factors are robust perception in crowded, varied conditions; fast, noise-robust speech understanding; privacy-first deployment; and extensive user-centered design and testing with the blind community.

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