Android: My Xiaomi Smartphone is MUCH BETTER than Google Glass!

Hello World! Though my Xiaomi Redmi 9T smartphone is much better than Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, one would wonder why I’m still wishing for Envision Glasses. ☺️

Basically, it’s simple! If I didn’t have osteoarthritis in my left hand, I would not be wanting nor wishing for wearable smart-glasses. Sometimes, the osteoarthritis in my right hand causes me to slide while pressing, resulting in an undesired operation, or causes my left hand to lose grip, causing an unexpected drop. Arthritis is what happened to me as I grew older.

The specifications of my Xiaomi Redmi 9T and Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 reveals the major differences between the devices. Envision Glasses uses Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as specified on the Envision’s webpage.

Technically, I am using Envision AI from Google Play Store which uses the 48 megapixel quad-camera of my Xiaomi smartphone, compared to the 12 megapixel camera that Envision Glasses uses. Hands down, my Xiaomi smartphone is the winner!

For me to experience the object recognition feature of Envision Glasses that is not included in Envision AI Android app, I use Supersense from Google Play Store. Envision Technologies refuses to add the object recognition feature as to promote the sale of their expensive Envision Glasses product.

For other features of Envision Glasses, such as the Light Detector, I use Sullivan+ from Google Play Store, a totally FREE product for blind persons.

Also to note, is the fact that Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 uses an outdated, open-source Android operating system, version 8.1, codenamed “Oreo”. However, it seems Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 was released sometime in 2019. Since Envision Glasses uses a remote internet server to process scene descriptions, etc, using an older OS makes me wonder!

The Envision Glasses feature I’m interested in, is the Video Calling function. The closest equivalent is, Be My Eyes app, but only allows the calling of strangers. As of this writing, I don’t know if Skype is in Envision Glasses.

As a former, independent Google developer, the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 would be my second Google product, but I really have no clue if that product will ever reach my hands. (My first Google product is the second-generation video Chromecast.) — When I became totally BLIND, I am unable to resume as an independent Google developer, but still get the news from Google I/O. ☺️

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Happily-Married, comfortably poor, permanently disabled and totally BLIND. A Terrorism SURVIVOR that's still SURVIVING Terrorism + post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Scientist since 1977, Acoustician since 1979, Computer Scientist/Programmer since 1982, Seismologist since 1988, Criminologist (Behavioral Scientist) since 1992, and many more! Also, had worked in two civilian and one military virology labs in the USA between 1993 and 2003. A Generation X, Filipino-American US expat, living in The Philippines, whom was naturally-born in Boston, grew up mostly in Seattle, some in Chicago, and have lived in Anchorage & San Francisco. Became permanently-disabled in 2003 due to health-related illness, ending my moonlighting career as an independent private investigator in the USA. RETIRED independent developer of computing & electronics technologies after 35 wonderful years, including 20 wonderful years in GNU/Linux development & 8 wonderful years as an independent embedded systems developer of digital electronics. Former speech synthesis systems developer of 30 wonderful years, specializing in foreign language phoneme-to-speech synthesis. Also was a beta tester of third-party software-based speech synthesizers. Former FCC-licensed amateur radio operator of 20 wonderful years, beginning with 2m packet-radio & AmSat communications between Anchorage & Manila. Former member of Anchorage Amateur Radio Club and Mike & Key ARC in Seattle. Learned 10-finger QWERTY touch-typing on a manual typewriter in 1980 at a US-based elementary school. Mastered 10-finger QWERTY touch-typing without looking at the keyboard in 1986. Now have osteoarthritis in both of my hands from all that touch-typing! My primary computer programming language is C, which I learned in 1990. My secondary programming language is B.A.S.I.C., which I self-learned in 1982. Prior to my sight-loss, I used to program in LISP/CLISP and Prolog for my early development of artificial intelligence & machine learning programs. Daily, to compensate/facilitate my sight-loss, I am actively using Apple iOS VoiceOver, Google Android TalkBack and Amazon Fire OS VoiceView screen-readers, in addition to my external Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard and sometimes, my Orbit Writer Braille keyboard, as HOBBIES.

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