It started with a simple question - Why isn’t art more accessible to blind folks?
The truth is, art is not very accessible to people with visual impairments. Even through there are 27 million blind people around the world and 253 million people with some form of vision impairment, there are very few avenues for them to access the rich world of art.
We want to change this! Our mission with Reliefeelable is to make art more inclusive and accessible to folks with visual impairments.
Reliefeelable is a solution that makes art more accessible for everyone. At its core, it uses a novel combination of Machine Learning and Image processing to convert a digital painting to a 3D model of the artist's world - complete with with depth and details. This model can then be converted into an accessible relief using any 3D printer and made available to individuals and galleries. This addresses a major obsetacle to making art available to the visually impaired.
Reliefeelable also provides automated audio description of paintings using GPT 4.o's vision capabilities. This allows galleries and musuems to provide audio buttons next to paintings that can lets guests know what they are feeling or seeing.
Reliefeelable is a non-profit that aims to provide museums and art galleries with free 3D printed reliefs to improve accessibility to for folks with visual impairments. Please contact us if you are willing to donating time or money to our effort.