Cofounder, Orcam
Search every verified Ziv Aviram interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ziv Aviram, co-founder and CEO of OrCam, has been promoting the company's wearable assistive device, the OrCam MyEye 2, in media appearances. In a July 2018 interview on BBC, Aviram described the device as "the most advanced wearable device in the world" for assisting visually impaired and blind people. He explained that it attaches to the arm of any pair of glasses, uses a camera and speaker, and operates offline without an internet connection to preserve user privacy. Aviram stated that the device can help users read, identify faces, money, and products, and that it is sold in 29 countries covering 18 languages. He noted the price is about $4,500, adding that he believes the cost will decrease over time. In a May 2018 TEDx talk, Aviram discussed how artificial intelligence can improve lives, citing both OrCam and his previous company, Mobileye, which was acquired by Intel in 2017. He said OrCam was founded eight years ago and aims to improve the lives of more than a billion people. Aviram also addressed autonomous driving, stating that Mobileye technology is being adopted by a majority of automakers and that autonomous vehicles could save millions of lives by reducing human-error-related accidents. He argued that society applies a double standard to technology-related casualties and suggested it is time to "embrace technology with more confidence."
“This is today the most advanced wearable device in the world; they can assist visually impaired and blind people.”
“You just locate it on a very strategic place on your face — on the arm of any pair of glasses — and there is a camera on one side and a tiny speaker on the other side and it will help you with your basic activities through your day, for example reading.”
“The only thing you have to do is just point on the text; for severely visually impaired and blind people who cannot read anymore, the glasses cannot correct their sight but this helps them read.”
“Unfortunately there are 350 million people in the world losing their sight, and it is the only technology today that can really help them — not just read, but identify faces, money, notes, credit cards and millions of products.”
Watch OrCam CEO and co-founder, Ziv Aviram, on BBC's Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst, discussing OrCam MyEye 2, the breakthrough wearable assistive device, changing the day-to-day lives of thousands of people who are blind and visually impaired. For more information visit: https://www.orcam.com/en/media/orcam-...
Ziv Aviram talks about how technology can help people who are partially sighted, blind, or who have reading difficulties. Mr. Aviram is one of Israel's most respected managers and entrepreneurs. In 1999, Mr. Aviram co-founded Mobileye. Mobileye became the leading supplier of Advanced Driver Assist Systems and autonomous driving technology, changing transportation as we know it. In 2014, Mobileye went public and was the largest Israeli IPO ever. In 2017, Intel acquired Mobileye for $15.3B, the biggest ever acquisition of an Israeli company. In 2010, Mr. Aviram co-founded OrCam, and he is the Pr…
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