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Inspiration

I built it for my grandmother, but it's for anyone navigating the world with vision loss.

What it does

Second Sight is a hands-free vision companion for people with impaired vision, powered by Gemini's multimodal API. Point a phone camera at something and ask a question out loud — "what pill is this?", "what bill is this?" — and Gemini reads and answers in real time. It also runs Hazard Monitoring silently in the background, only speaking up if it detects a real hazard like a stove left on or an unsafe street crossing. If the user says "help" or "I feel dizzy," it triggers a simulated emergency call that speaks their saved medical profile (name, age, blood type, conditions, nearest hospital) aloud. It also handles pill reminders and remembers conversation context, so a follow-up like "is it expired?" actually makes sense

How we built it

I used gemini and claude to code a project in html, then depolyed it using netlify.

Challenges we ran into

Wouldnt be able to properly describe what it was seeing and had to go through different renditions of the model.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Being able to deploy a working demo project

What we learned

That with time constraints not all the ideal features are able to be implemented.

What's next for SecondSight

Build an acutal lanyard hardware where it can run off with a camer and mic.

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