Israel Embassy in Washington hosted Israeli technology -- OrCam'S artificial vision

The Israeli Embassy in Washington hosted the welcoming ceremony for the US and Israeli economic partnership, and praised the pioneer of Israeli technology, OrCam, for its contribution to strengthening the economic ties between Israel and the United States.
 OrCam Technologies, founded by Prof. Amnon Shashua and Ziv Aviram, is a global leader in the development of innovative wearable and innovative technology in the field of artificial vision, which improves the lives of people who are visually impaired, blind, reading impaired or who experience fatigue from reading.
 The guests at the reception included US Treasury Secretary Stephen Menuchin, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and US Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer During the reception at the Library of Congress, Ziv Aviram, co-founder, president and CEO of Orcam, was invited to address members of Congress As a company that represents fruitful cooperation between the United States and Israel.
 Among other things, the company has developed an instrument that reads aloud any printed text from any surface, discreetly and in real time. In addition, the technology enables the identification of faces in different social situations, identifying products, identifying colors and identifying money notes. This technology provides a high level of user independence. OrCam's device incorporates the only wearable technology in the field of artificial vision operated by intuitive pointing gestures or by directing the wearer's gaze. This allows you to use a hands-free device without using a smartphone or Wi-Fi. The device connects to any pair of reading glasses or sunglasses using a magnet and weighs only 22.5 grams.
 "I was happy to be a representative of the State of Israel on an evening of Israeli innovation: tens of thousands of users around the world have already adopted Orkam's technology," said Ziv Aviram, one of Orcom's founders.