Eyeluminati is a technology company based in

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which developed from a project led by Roopam Sharma and Neeraj Saini. They entered for the

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...

Imagine Cup Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together student developers worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. It is considered as "Olympics of Technology" by computer s ...

2015 and won the innovation category with the Manovue project. This is an intelligent personal assistant in the form of a glove for the visually impaired which reads printed or digital text aloud. It also helps people to move around and to use computer technology. It went on to win the

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Startup Award 2018. They also won the Cognitive Computing & Internet of Things in the fourth season of Yahoo Accenture Innovation Jockeys in 2015. It has been suggested that the Manovue eliminates the need for

Braille Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...

. It combines vision intelligence and the internet of things.

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