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So when are we going to create glasses with cameras and ear pieces that create images of the view in front of them and convert to sounds using hilbert curves an

So when are we going to create glasses with cameras and ear pieces that create images of the view in front of them and convert to sounds using hilbert curves and help deaf people see? I imagine this is already feasible. We would need to give them time to pick up the skill by letting them loose in some kind of training situations so they know what everything looks like and can distinguish things passing by. The only thing I'm not certain of is how long the training would take before some basic recognition is possible amidst the already present noise of every day life. I do know that when you lose a sense though your other senses get sharpened to compensate, and that might improve the adaptation period. edit: we could also give these to seeing people to help retain their acuity as they age.

bshanks 11y ago
There's an Android app that does something like that, "The vOICe for Android" by Peter Meijer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe&hl... website: https://www.seeingwithsound.com/ https://www.seeingwithsound.com/ It's also available as/on a web app, Raspberry Pi, NVDA, and Windows. It apparently works: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/computer-program-allows-blind-see-sound http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/computer-program-allo... Apparently there is a similar iOS app called EyeMusic.
alanning 11y ago
It's pretty amazing but Alexander Graham Bell's work towards visualizing sound for deaf people is what prompted his "invention" of the telephone. This section [1] talks about the end result but the whole wikipedia article is an interesting read on how his work developed over time. I didn't see anything specific to what I remember from my college class on it but this part hints at it, "pen-like machine that could draw shapes of sound waves on smoked glass by tracing their vibrations." The linked article on Visible Speech [2] may also be of interest describing what Bell's father used to describe sounds phonetically. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#Telephone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#Telephon... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Speech
ryanmonroe 11y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson https://vimeo.com/118166526 https://vimeo.com/118166526
archibaldJ 11y ago
Related: This App Turns Your Photos into Music If You Want to Do That For Some Reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNgsU9o4ik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNgsU9o4ik
- tamana 11y ago
  Remember Monster Rancher?

bshanks 11y ago

There's an Android app that does something like that, "The vOICe for Android" by Peter Meijer: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe&hl... website: https://www.seeingwithsound.com/ https://www.seeingwithsound.com/ It's also available as/on a web app, Raspberry Pi, NVDA, and Windows. It apparently works: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/computer-program-allows-blind-see-sound http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/computer-program-allo... Apparently there is a similar iOS app called EyeMusic.

alanning 11y ago

It's pretty amazing but Alexander Graham Bell's work towards visualizing sound for deaf people is what prompted his "invention" of the telephone. This section [1] talks about the end result but the whole wikipedia article is an interesting read on how his work developed over time. I didn't see anything specific to what I remember from my college class on it but this part hints at it, "pen-like machine that could draw shapes of sound waves on smoked glass by tracing their vibrations." The linked article on Visible Speech [2] may also be of interest describing what Bell's father used to describe sounds phonetically. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#Telephone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#Telephon... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Speech

ryanmonroe 11y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Harbisson https://vimeo.com/118166526 https://vimeo.com/118166526

archibaldJ 11y ago

Related: This App Turns Your Photos into Music If You Want to Do That For Some Reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNgsU9o4ik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNgsU9o4ik

tamana 11y ago
Remember Monster Rancher?