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Haleon & Microsoft Intend To Make Health Products More Accessible Via AI Technology

Benzinga Real-time News ·  Oct 13, 2022 06:51
  • Consumer health company Haleon PLC (NYSE:HLN) is collaborating with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) to enhance health accessibility for people who are blind, have low vision or have difficulty reading product labels due to low literacy.
  • Both companies will expand functions of the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide consumers with more detailed labelling information for over 1,500 Haleon products across the U.S. and U.K.
  • Seeing AI is a free mobile app designed to help people who have trouble seeing by narrating the world around them.
  • When customers scan the barcode of Haleon products in the Seeing AI app, it will provide an audio read-out of important information, such as product name, ingredients and usage instructions.
  • The Seeing AI app was developed by a team of Microsoft engineers spearheaded by project lead and engineering manager Saqib Shaikh.
  • Price Action: HLN shares closed lower by 1.16% at $5.97 on Wednesday.
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