[nabs] The vOICe: seeing with sound.

[Leena Bandy]

I don't know about Macs to tell you.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olivia Norman" <olivianorman at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs] The vOICe: seeing with sound.


> Awesome! My computer wouldn't let me open the link, but I'll give it 
> another try. I wonder how something like this would work, and if/whether 
> it would work with my mac's built in web cam?
> Olivia
> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs
>
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Leena Bandy wrote:
>
>> This thing is awesome! I was originally going to be part of the study for 
>> it, but my job had gotten in the way. It's absolutely amazing what this 
>> stuff can do. It makes different sounds for different shapes and for how 
>> high or low it is in your field of "vision" meaning where it is to the 
>> camera. You can tell the difference between a tree and grass etc. without 
>> trouble when you learn it. It's kinda difficult to learn as he said, but 
>> it's a great product.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Glowacki" 
>> <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." 
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>> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 3:19 AM
>> Subject: [nabs] The vOICe: seeing with sound.
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
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