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>This is not something about her capabilities, but about the limitation of current input devices regarding our hands. I think it's more a story about our adapt

>This is not something about her capabilities, but about the limitation of current input devices regarding our hands. I think it's more a story about our adaptability in general. Many years ago, I worked with a developer who happened to be blind. While coding, he used an audio screen reader. If you've ever heard one, you know that they can be set to read incredibly fast, such that it sounds like absolute gibberish to the untrained ear. So, whereas I couldn't even discern the words/characters being read, it made absolute sense to him. Much as I was amazed by it, I also know that he didn't start there. Years of practice, finding shortcuts, etc. made it as much second nature to him as reading code on the monitor was for me. Of course, it also didn't hurt that he was brilliant.

TheSpiceIsLife 12y ago
A few years ago I took a tech support call from a guy who was visually impaired and had voice over turned on. It read incredibly fast, he had no problems following instructions, and was familiar enough with what we were doing to make the call easy for both of us. I also used to work as a personal assistant for a guy in a wheelchair who used Dragon Speakeasy, I think that was back in 2005 - '06ish, and was surprised how well he was able to use his PC. He also had a book turning machine that reliably turned one page at a time. This also reminds me of people who ride bikes using echo location.[1] I wonder if it's possible to generate a sound stream from video, and what sort of resolution and colour depth could be encoded in to the sound. This TED talk by Daniel Kish is good too.[2] 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_E3zxx2l9g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_E3zxx2l9g 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA-asTuP_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA-asTuP_Y
- jimmaswell 12y ago
  >I wonder if it's possible to generate a sound stream from video, and what sort of resolution and colour depth could be encoded in to the sound. There was some work done on this. I don't remember how well it worked. I think this is it: http://www.seeingwithsound.com/sonar.htm http://www.seeingwithsound.com/sonar.htm

TheSpiceIsLife 12y ago

A few years ago I took a tech support call from a guy who was visually impaired and had voice over turned on. It read incredibly fast, he had no problems following instructions, and was familiar enough with what we were doing to make the call easy for both of us. I also used to work as a personal assistant for a guy in a wheelchair who used Dragon Speakeasy, I think that was back in 2005 - '06ish, and was surprised how well he was able to use his PC. He also had a book turning machine that reliably turned one page at a time. This also reminds me of people who ride bikes using echo location.[1] I wonder if it's possible to generate a sound stream from video, and what sort of resolution and colour depth could be encoded in to the sound. This TED talk by Daniel Kish is good too.[2] 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_E3zxx2l9g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_E3zxx2l9g 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA-asTuP_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA-asTuP_Y

jimmaswell 12y ago
>I wonder if it's possible to generate a sound stream from video, and what sort of resolution and colour depth could be encoded in to the sound. There was some work done on this. I don't remember how well it worked. I think this is it: http://www.seeingwithsound.com/sonar.htm http://www.seeingwithsound.com/sonar.htm