Sixth-grader from Lake County sharing vision story on national talk show

Lake County, OH (WOIO) - Dylan LeMaster, a sixth-grader from Lake County, will be featured on an upcoming episode of “STEVE,” the talk show hosted by Steve Harvey.

LeMaster recently taped with Harvey in Los Angeles. The episode airs Wednesday, Dec. 19 locally on WUAB “CW43”. Click here to check your listing.

LeMaster was born with a severe visual impairment. Over the summer, he started using the OrCam MyEye 2. The device uses artificial vision technology and connects to the frame of glasses. It takes a picture of printed text, processes it and reads it aloud in real-time. The OrCam can read books, barcodes, labels, menus, currency- anything printed on a surface.

Wake Up Cleveland got to see LeMaster demonstrate the technology in July.

At that time the community was preparing for a fundraiser to help LeMaster buy the device which cost about $4,500. The fundraiser was successful.

Rafi Fischer with OrCam Technologies said the company recently approached Harvey’s team wanting to share the benefits of OrCam and the positive impact it has had on people like Dylan.

Fischer said OrCam recently released new software updates which includes voice commands and Bluetooth connectivity.

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