Samsung Electronics Enhances Accessibility for Visually Impaired with 'Home Appliance QR Mode'

Collaboration with TwoArt, Creator of Visual Aid App 'Sullivan Plus'
'Sullivan Plus' Equipped with 'Home Appliance QR Mode'

Samsung Electronics announced on the 29th that it has added a 'Home Appliance QR Mode' to its AI-based visual assistance app 'Sullivan Plus' to help users easily locate QR codes attached to Samsung Electronics home appliances.

Introducing the newly added 'Home Appliance QR Mode' in the visual assistance app 'Sullivan Plus'. Photo by Samsung Electronics

Sullivan Plus, developed by the startup TUAT, is a service for visually impaired individuals that describes images or reads text. It is used in more than 200 countries.

When users point their camera around using the Home Appliance QR Mode, nearby home appliances are automatically recognized, and the location of the QR code attached to the recognized appliance is described in 32 languages via voice.

The Home Appliance QR Mode can distinguish and recognize 5,895 models across 12 product categories, including refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, and air purifiers, released by Samsung Electronics from 2022 through last September, based on trained data.

Ewona, Executive Director of Samsung Electronics' DA Division, said, "We plan to continuously expand the supported languages and products so that more users can utilize the Home Appliance QR Mode. We will continue our efforts to enhance the accessibility of each product so that everyone can conveniently use Samsung Electronics home appliances."

Samsung Electronics also plans to showcase various accessibility features applied to home appliances at 'CES 2025,' the world's largest IT and home appliance exhibition, to be held in Las Vegas, USA, in January next year.

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