Blind man performs street crossing using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution

Late-blind male user of The vOICe crosses the street at an intersection by analyzing visual structures on the other side of the street through listening to the camera-based soundscapes. The camera is in his special sunglasses. This task was performed under supervision of a professional O&M instructor. Do not try this on your own!

This video was recorded in 2010 during the NSF-funded SBIR Phase I project 0946035, "Viability of a sensory substitution device giving blind users sight through sound", executed by MetaModal LLC in Pasadena, California. More information at http://www.metamodal.com and http://www.seeingwithsound.com

This project made use of The vOICe Learning Edition software for Microsoft Windows, which can be obtained from
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm

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Education

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• yt:fmt=18
• sensory substitution
• seeingwithsound
• blind
• vision

[smartsight]

@VisionlessOne You can buy suitable USB camera glasses on eBay, and a wide-angle lens with USBfever. Details and links can be found at the URL seeingwithsound . com / mini_dv_d008.htm (remove spaces)

In addition you need a Windows netbook or notebook PC or similar. Widely available under $300.

[VisionlessOne]

question? where can I get one of these without having to spend a lot of money (that I don't have) to get one?