Augmented imaging assistance for visual impairment

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• receive an image of a scene captured by an imaging element;
• provide data associated with the image to a remote assistance interface that responsively selects one or more distributed recognition services to recognize properties of the scene and establish feedback for a user based at least on the properties of the scene;
• provide the feedback to the user via a user interface.

A user interface device, comprising:

• an imaging apparatus configured capture one or more images of a scene;
• an assistance application configured to provide data associated with the one or more images to an assistance computing interface that responsively selects one or more distributed recognition services to recognize properties of the scene to establish graphical annotations related to the scene based at least on the properties of the scene;
• and
• a network interface configured to communicate with the assistance computing interface.