[nabs] The vOICe: seeing with sound.

[Laura Glowacki]

Has anyone previously heard of the seeingwithsound.com website? 
I remember bookmarking this website years ago for a time when I 
would have the financial means to purchase a webcam to use with 
it.  So guess what'll be on my Christmas list this year?  :D

The vOICe software can be installed on a laptop computer.  Then 
with the help of either a webcam or usb webcam glasses and stereo 
headphones, one can take this software and walk around one's 
home.  As you walk, the program software translates the 
information from the webcam view in to a rich soundscape.  He 
does say that the learning curve for this software becoming 
useful for people is steep, but it still sounds like a lt of fun 
to play around on.

So this kind of stuff isn't for anyone, but it's certainly 
interesting in concept.  And even if you're not particularly 
interested in the software itself, this link does have some 
interesting information about visual processing for those of us 
who have no memory of having vision or who were born blind.  I 
thought I understood vision pretty well, but this actually gave 
me some new info which I just hadn't thought of before.

Here's the link for anyone who's curious:
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/

I suggest you arrow down to the html tutorial and read that as 
that's where much of the introductory information about the 
software and about visual processing is.

Laura