Wine Label Analysis to Support Visually Impaired Consumers
Buying groceries is a common everyday activity, as is picking food products from the pantry at home. Reading and making sense of all the information present on the labels is less easy. For visually impaired consumers, these are considerable challenges that make their lives difficult and raise safety issues. The wine label analysis tool provides a mechanism to help these users find the intended product, particularly in their homes. While this phase of development targets wine bottles, future versions can be extended to other products. The tool includes automatic detection of product and label, guides the user, and conveys label information with semantic meaning, enabling the user to confirm the product and its characteristics. Moreover, it targets unconstrained home environments, which increases flexibility, and all operation is done in real-time on common smartphones making it highly accessible.
Evaluation by consumer focus groups showed that it is easy to use. Lessons learned show that augmenting existing datasets is crucial to improve future results and extend to other food products.
WATSON
Completed | 2023-2026
- Main funding source
- Horizon Europe (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- Ireland, France, Italy, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Other, Portugal, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Cyprus, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria