Microsoft gives 'sight' to the blind

Tech heavyweight, local firms develop artificial intelligence-equipped glasses

The voice is clear like crystal: "In front of you are two persons. The 25-year-old girl looks surprised, while the 40-year-old man looks indifferent."

The voice isn't that of a human being. Nor is it of a conventional robot. It's emanating from, wait for it, a pair of eyeglasses, specially made for the blind and the visually impaired by a collaboration between Microsoft and Adjacent Technologies, a Chinese tech company.