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Welcome back Tech Connectors! Today your favorite AT Specialists: Cory and Luke, are excited to showcase the Oorion App for you all. There is just one problem ... a most nettlesome raven is loose in the Vision Forward office!

Thankfully, Oorion is the perfect tool to help them find that pesky avian. By using its various features, anyone can scan their environment and get a good idea of what objects or text are visible via shape detection. Once detected, the app can help you precisely aim towards the target via vibrations. From there, OOrion gives its user distance indicators and audio cues to guide you closer towards that identified object or text to read. From our tests so far we have found that Oorion is incredibly accurate!

And for your everyday essentials, such as your water bottle, keyring, or cane. The OOrion App encourages you to add these Personal Items to its shape detection by laying them out on an empty surface so you can scan that item from a few angles, which will help with detection later on.

Join Cory and Luke as they hunt down this rogue raven and show it what's what!

0:00 Start
1:00 General Introduction to the Oorion App
1:55 The difference between "Search for Text" and "Nearby Text"
3:00 "Find Nearby Objects" gives you an overview of your surroundings
4:45 "Find an Item" and activating features via voice commands
6:00 Wrap Up Review of Oorion's various features
7:35 Getting Rid of that Nettlesome Raven!
8:05 Secret Ending???

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Transcript
00:00Luke, why are you wearing a rejuvenation mask?
00:03Corey, it's a long and sad tale.
00:05Let me tell you, I was lying in bed last night,
00:07just about to drift off to sleep,
00:08when all of a sudden I heard a tapping at my window.
00:11What could it be but a raven saying,
00:15Nevermore, nevermore.
00:16All night I lay there,
00:18with the sound of the raven in my ears.
00:20I did not get a wink of sleep,
00:21so I had my rejuvenation mask on.
00:23And you won't believe this,
00:24but the raven even followed me to work this morning.
00:27It followed me all the way,
00:28but as soon as it got here, it flew off.
00:30Now, Corey, let me tell you,
00:31I am ready to go catch this raven,
00:33and kick it out the door.
00:34So I'm hoping I can't see anything with this mask on,
00:37and you can't see anything,
00:39so I'm hoping there's a way for us to find this raven.
00:41Any ideas?
00:42I do have an idea.
00:43Stick with the video.
00:44We're going to find out,
00:45but I'm finding the bird
00:46because I think a talking bird is worth millions.
01:01Hey all, welcome back to another TechConnect.
01:04Today we are taking a look at an app called Orion
01:07that works on your iPhone,
01:09and it is designed for us to find things in our environment.
01:14Now, we need this app for a specific reason, Luke.
01:18Yes, we have to find our raven that's somewhere in the building.
01:22Okay.
01:23Hopefully, hopefully, and we're going to kick it out.
01:25Is there a breeze?
01:26So are you like Mr. Birdman?
01:28Because there's a bird sitting on your shoulder.
01:30Are you aware of that?
01:31I know you're blindfolded.
01:32Did you ever see Home Alone 2, Corey?
01:34I did.
01:35Yeah, I did.
01:36I am the reincarnation of the bird lady,
01:38and this bird happens to like me quite a lot,
01:40but this is not the bird we're looking for.
01:41No, for this is not a talking bird, just a regular bird.
01:45Okay.
01:45Well, let's hope this regular bird plus Orion
01:47is going to help us go find our missing raven.
01:50Let's go.
01:54All right, Luke, I don't know if you know this,
01:55but birds tend to fly together.
01:57Birds of a feather flock together.
01:59So I think the first place we should take a look at
02:01is the family waiting room.
02:03I like it. I have one question, though.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Where would that be exactly?
02:07Well, it is a new building.
02:08I think I found it.
02:09Oh, okay.
02:09But I think we can use Orion to ensure we're at the right place.
02:13Oh, how do we do that?
02:13So they've got two different ways to search for text.
02:16Number one, we can search for specific text,
02:18or we can just read text around us.
02:21That's the one we're going to choose.
02:22So I'm going to choose the standard features option in the top left corner.
02:26Open the standard feature.
02:27And then we're going to swipe through and find our option.
02:29Search object. Search text. Nearby object. Nearby text.
02:32And that's what we want.
02:33Nearby text.
02:34Double tap.
02:35And now we're going to move the camera.
02:37Slowly sign your surroundings or hold the camera still to focus on a specific area.
02:40And I'm going to point it at the sign.
02:43And let's see what we get here.
02:46You see anything, Mr. Sign? Let's go back. There we go.
02:49Family waiting.
02:50Aha!
02:51Look at that. We have found our waiting room.
02:53Let's go on in and see if we can find our bird.
02:54All right. Hopefully, he'll be in there.
03:01Corey, I have one question now that we're in the family waiting room.
03:04Yes. What is a family?
03:06No, no. I found that out for myself, thanks.
03:08But what I want to know is how are we going to find the bird?
03:12Well, guess what? Orion here to help us again.
03:15Hey!
03:15So this time we're going to do find nearby objects.
03:19Okay.
03:19We'll scan through the room and just have it identify any objects it sees.
03:24Okay.
03:24If we hear bird, we know we're good to go.
03:26All right.
03:26This time, though, I'm going to use my voice to trigger it.
03:29So right in the center.
03:30How can I help you?
03:31We can double tap and then just use our voice to give commands.
03:36Find nearby objects.
03:42Man holding a camera.
03:44That could be Jonathan.
03:46Man in gray shirt and dark jeans.
03:47Hello, Jonathan.
03:49Abstract landscape painting on the left.
03:51Let's see what else.
03:51Waiting room.
03:53Light wood floor.
03:54Small wooden table.
03:56Black bird figurine.
03:58Oh!
03:58Could that be it?
03:59All right, Corey, let me see which way you're pointing here.
04:01Let me see if we can find this bird.
04:03Oh!
04:04Oh!
04:04I found myself a bird.
04:06Is it the bird?
04:08Sadly not.
04:08This one is a little bit too small and fluffy.
04:10I think this is my little buddy, Corey.
04:12But it's in the family waiting room here.
04:15So maybe it's related to the bird we're looking for.
04:18I don't know.
04:18The other bird talked and kept you up all night.
04:20Maybe this bird can talk too.
04:21Ask him.
04:22All right, let's give it a go.
04:25Little bird, tell me, where is your father?
04:28Luke, I am your father.
04:30I mean, my father is in the adult rehab kitchen.
04:34That's a pretty deep voice for a little bird.
04:36Yeah, I'm surprised, but he gave us a clue there.
04:38So it sounds like we have to go to the adult rehab kitchen.
04:40Force to be with you.
04:45Corey, on the way to the adult rehab kitchen, hopefully we'll find this bird.
04:48But which of Orion's features do you think we should use to find it?
04:51All right, since last time we did the look for all items, this time let's look for the specific item,
04:57the bird, in case you forgot what we were looking for.
04:59All right, sounds good to me. Let's give this a shot.
05:02All right, Corey, we made it to the adult rehab kitchen, but now we need to find if there's a
05:05bird in here.
05:06So let me go ahead and ask Orion to help us out.
05:10Can you help me find a bird in this room?
05:14Nevermore!
05:15Sounds creepy. Sounds like it must be in here somewhere.
05:19Nevermore!
05:19Wait, is that you?
05:23You are in a kitchen. There is no bird in front of you.
05:27Oh, oh, hello.
05:28There's a dark bird perched on top of the cabinet.
05:30Oh!
05:31On your right, near the ceiling.
05:33Bingo! All right, Corey.
05:35I am going to catch this guy.
05:40Oh, he sounds like he's getting closer.
05:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
05:49It's got to be close.
05:50It's got to be-
05:50Oh, Corey, I got him!
05:52I got him!
05:53Finally, the bane of my life has been captured and now it's time to teach him a lesson.
05:58Let's do it.
05:59All right.
06:03Corey, we have successfully found this raven and I am ready to throw it out the door here
06:08and set it free because it kept me awake all of last night.
06:11But what did we think about Orion there?
06:13Was it helpful?
06:14I think it was.
06:15We've got a whole menagerie of animals sitting on the table here.
06:19So, yes, Orion was helpful.
06:21The search for text worked out great.
06:24Looking through the room just to get general objects also worked very well.
06:28And then, obviously, when we went for a specific object looking for Mr. Freedom.
06:34That's what I'm calling our bird because he's about to be free.
06:37I like it.
06:37That worked as well, too.
06:39So, we showed it again without the metaglasses today, but you can enjoy all the same features
06:46hands-free using the metaglasses, which is pretty cool.
06:49You can, Corey.
06:50This bird is getting a little feisty, so I think we've got to wrap this up.
06:53But everybody watching, please comment down below if you've used Orion or if you like Corvids.
06:57And also, make sure to visit our LMS, our learning management system, techconnect.vision-forward.org,
07:04where you can get free on-demand ACV RUP credits.
07:07We also have live shows, including one with Excel from Orion.
07:13So, you can go check out a past live show.
07:17So, I'm not sure if it's past, if it's still live, but at the time it was live.
07:20Or, if you'd want to see us live, you can do it every other Thursday, 11 a.m. Central,
07:25right here on the channel you're currently viewing.
07:28You don't even have to go anywhere.
07:31Amazing.
07:32Alright, Corey, let's set to Mr. Freedom free.
07:35Fly, birdie, fly.
07:38Alright, let's get rid of this guy.
07:40Be free, come back nevermore.
07:46Poor bird.
07:47My glasses fell off too.
07:48Oh, jeez.
07:49Really?
07:50Damn.
07:51It's really hard.
07:52And you took it like a man.
07:53Like a professional.
07:53It didn't even make a noise.
08:05Finally got rid of that bird.
08:07What a long day.
08:08I can't wait to go home.
08:12Never know.
08:14No!
08:14No!
08:16No!
08:17No!
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