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Built with Ionic 2: Let Me See, a Mobile App and a Progressive Web App!

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Katie Ginder-Vogel
Word Count
745
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13
Language
English
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Summary

Let Me See, an innovative app built with Ionic 2, was developed in 48 hours by Wassim Chegham and his team during the 2016 Angular Attack hackathon, winning the Innovation Award for its unique solution to aid people with sight loss by reading text and analyzing colors out loud. The app functions as a Progressive Web App (PWA), featuring offline capabilities and a native-like feel thanks to its use of a service worker and manifest.json. Chegham, a Developer Advocate and Google Developer Expert, leveraged Ionic 2's simplicity and web-friendly platform to integrate various web APIs like Google Cloud Vision API and HTML5 APIs for voice and image processing, demonstrating the potential of hybrid apps to operate seamlessly as both native and web applications. Although the app is still in the proof of concept stage, its development highlights the ease of building PWAs and the advancements in modern web technologies.

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