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"From Blindness to Cyber Brilliance | Mr. Pranav Lal on The You Turn Podcast".
"Hearing tactile interactions, visualizing sounds, touching distances: Current directions in sensory conversion research", in part featuring The vOICe.
"New directions in sensory substitution" at the Durham UK workshop "New directions in sensory substitution and augmentation".
"Human navigation without vision: seeing with our ears and tongues through advances in sensory substitution and augmented reality", featuring The vOICe.
"Seeing with sound: using audio to activate the brain's visual cortex" with Cal Roberts.
"'No Time To Regret' says Pranav Lal. 'पछतावे के लिए समय नहीं' प्रणव लाल।".
"Blind photographer uses sound technology to capture photos".
TEDxICTMumbai,
Mumbai, India, on YouTube at
"My continuing tryst with photography - Adventures of a near cyborg and his camera".
"Blind photographer Pranav Lal captures images using sound", wearing Vuzix Blade smart glasses.
recorded on Facebook, including a
pre-recorded video contribution by Peter Meijer.
"Exploring The Power Of OCR and Navigational Apps" (
part on The vOICe starting at 31:15 in complete podcast).
"World Day of Social Justice 2020: The story of 5 amazing individuals".
Vuzix press release.
"Что нужно незрячему? Обзор слепоглухого эксперта Сергея Флейтина".
"InnerVisions",
Michael Proulx of the University of Bath explained The vOICe for Android and how it connects a live camera view to inner visions of blind users through sound (starting 14:35 into podcast).
"Звуковое зрение vOICe vision. Взгляд из тьмы".
"Видеть с помощью звука".
"OCR packages" ( part on The vOICe starting at 57:50 in complete podcast).
"TalkAbility AD Episode 4: Advances in technology for the visually impaired".
"No cheese,
unfettered creativity" (PDF file), on blind photography.
"Клинический психолог Светлана Лебедева рассказала о реабилитации слепых в России" (Clinical psychologist Svetlana Lebedeva tells about the rehabilitation of the blind in Russia). The article was also published on the Russian habr (Хабр) news website in an article titled
"Психология Звукового Зрения. Светлана Лебедева рассказала, как учат людей новому способу восприятия".
"Meet Pranav Lal: The photographer who uses sound to capture images".
"Пионеры новых технологий: Вадим Арцев рассказал, как перестал быть незрячим".
"Луч света в тёмном царстве: как технологии возвращают утраченное зрение".
"They can't see but they can write codes".
"How congenitally blind Pranav Lal captures the world using sound" (video also as
reposted video,
and
Hindi video published January 3, 2019).
Утро России with Vadim Artsev and Igor Trapeznikov.
"Можно ли видеть с помощью звука" (Can I see with sound).
Выпуск 274. Звуковое зрение (MP3 file)
in «Кухня» «Радио ВОС». With Igor Trapeznikov.
Neurothlon
(Нейротлон) 2018 DBN cyborg competition in Samara, Russia. Argus II retinal implant recipient Grigory Ulyanov
(Григорий Ульянов, who had also participated in the Neurothlon 2017 in St. Petersburg) ended second place in
Neurothlon 2018, while Antonina Zakharchenko (Антонина Захарченко), another blind Argus II recipient, ended last.
"В технополисе «Москва» создали чудо-очки для слепых" (In technopolis "Moscow" created miracle glasses for the blind),
outlining the development by the company
NexTouch
of "NextVision" smart glasses based on The vOICe technology.
NexTouch presented their NextVision glasses at the Rehacare International 2018 exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany.
"Look mom, no eyes!" How technology is helping those who can’t see.
"Российские очки озвучат мир для слепых" (Russian glasses will sound the world for the blind)
about the development of "NextVision" smart glasses based on The vOICe technology. The NextVision glasses
are being developed by the company
NexTouch.
A related article by Anna Oreshkina appeared in English on August 11, 2018, titled
"Audible images - Russian made glasses to describe the world to blind people".
YouTube video.
video coverage.
"Speakers ignite young minds at TEDx".
TEDxSayajigunj,
Vadodara, Gujarat, India, on YouTube at
How to Build your own Eye! | Pranav Lal | TEDxSayajigunj.
"Наука 2.0")
featured The vOICe and blind user Vadim Artsev, with accompanying YouTube videos
"Как работает звуковое зрение"
and
"Как работает система суррогатного зрения (звуковое зрение)?" (полное видео, Стать киборгом | Большой скачок).
YouTube.
India’s blind photographer pushes physical, technological boundaries and an accompanying YouTube video
India's blind photographer pushes boundaries of technology.
"एक नेत्रहीन फ़ोटोग्राफर की आंखों से कैसी दिखती है दुनिया?" (How does the world look through a blind photographer's eyes?), with
YouTube video.
"World Disability Day: How Sristi KC and Pranav Lal live their dreams".
"A blind man’s quest to paddle across the Bosphorus".
"Technology Podcast Episode 62: July 2017".
"Beyond the Five Senses - Telepathy, echolocation, and the future of perception".
The article also appeared in the July/August 2017 print issue.
"Seeing with Your Tongue".
The article appeared in the May 15 print edition under the title "Sight Unseen". A little more about Jens Naumann's use
of The vOICe was included in
The New Yorker newsletter
of May 12, while the New York Times referred to the main article
in their May 12 briefing
"12 great stories that have nothing to do with politics".
A translation into Spanish of The New Yorker article appeared in the Mexican El Economista under the title
"¿Te gustaría ver con la lengua?".
"Meet the woman who can see with her ears".
On March 30 this was followed by an interview with Adam Piore on ABC Radio Sydney, and on April 3 by an interview
with Adam Piore and Pat Fletcher on New York Public Radio (WNYC). A translation into Russian of the WIRED article
appeared on April 3 as
"Женщина, которая научилась видеть… ушами".
Adam Piore
titled
"The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human",
in Chapter 4 titled "The woman who can see with her ears".
"He is blind but his photography will leave you speechless".
Seeing with Sound | Pranav Lal | TEDxBITSGoa.
"Visually impaired photographer Pranav Lal's journey of expression".
"He hears shapes, clicks it!".
BBC Somerset radio
in an interview by Ben McGrail with Dave Brown from the University of Bath.
"Humayun: Restoring ‘Vision’ With Sensory Substitution Devices".
"The Blind Photographer | 101 Heartland" with accompanying
YouTube video (and a
shorter video).
"An app for the blind that describes the world".
"Zien via geluid?".
FeelGoodTechNews YouTube podcast by Amanda Lacy.
"Blinden 'zien' dankzij bril die beeld in geluid omzet".
Beam Me Up With Sound - Mind Blow #99 (t=99).
"Seeing with SOUND: Glasses translate images into different noises to help blind people visualise the world around them".
"Turning image into sound may let blind vets 'see'".
"Smart glasses translate video into sound to help the blind see" appeared in the New Scientist.
"Smart glasses translate video into sound to help the blind see".
"Seeing Sound", with YouTube video ("vOICe" Technology Description).
"Auditory sensory substitution is intuitive and automatic with texture stimuli".
"'Visual’ parsing can be taught quickly without visual experience during critical periods".
"Sensory Substitution".
TechTrends Expo 2015 in Moscow by Igor Trapeznikov (Игорь Трапезников): проект «vOICE — звуковое зрение».
"Seeing with sound: what hidden abilities do we have?",
which is also available in Russian as
"Видеть с помощью звука: о каких скрытых способностях мы даже не догадываемся?".
"Звуковое зрение vOICe – в шаге от прорыва" ("Audio sight with The vOICe - on the verge of a breakthrough").
Tiflochas
( «Тифлочас»: Выпуск 135. vOICe: суррогатное зрение для слепых?, starting at 9:15 into the show).
"Substituting senses lets blind people take sonic holiday snaps", with Michael Proulx and Pranav Lal.
A shortened version later appeared on
August 26.
"The vOICe – звуковое зрение",
successfully reached its fundraising target at 105%.
"Краудфандинг технологии звукового зрения vOICe — для слепых и не только".
"Transhuman"
organization started a fundraising campaign for The vOICe on BoomStarter (Crowdfunding LLC, RU),
"The vOICe – звуковое зрение"
( Facebook).
"Quasi-wizja nadzieją dla niewidomych".
"Rewiring the Brain to Create New Senses". Dutch translation "Iedereen kan binnenkort een nieuw zintuig erbij krijgen".
YouTube).
"Congenitally blind patients reading 'through sound' show activation of visual cortex in the brain including response to colour".
"Hearing red - Sensory substitution with your smartphone".
"Counting down to the end of blindness".
"Seeing with Sound".
"Camera, mobile, headphones: the low-cost set up that can help blind people 'see'" (republished).
Accessible Media Inc.
(AMI) in an interview with David Brown of the University of Bath.
"Helping the blind to 'see' using The vOICe"
and in a
BBC Points West evening bulletin.
It was also featured by
BBC Radio Bristol.
"Clearer future for blind thanks to vOICe device".
"vOICe: the soundscape headsets that allow blind people to 'see' the world".
In print on page 9, titled "It was dismissed as sci-fi. Now soundscape headset is allowing blind people to `see'".
"Techtonic shift". The article also appeared in the Bangalore Mirror and Pune Mirror.
"We're getting closer to a cure for blindness".
MP4 video excerpt).
"Pranav Lal has MOMENTUM".
"What happens in the brain when blind people learn to see with sound".
"Blind Sight:
The next generation of sensory substitution technology".
"Hoffnung für Blinde: Sehen mit der Hörbrille".
Art of Neuroscience symposium of the The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience,
at the Eye Film institute in Amsterdam, The Netherlands ( slides).
"Turn your mobile into an EYEphone: App lets blind people 'see' their surroundings by converting photos into SOUND".
"Computer program allows the blind to 'see' with sound".
"What happens in the brain when blind people learn to see with sound".
"Blind people can 'see' bodies with sound: study".
slides).
Tiflochas
( Тифлочас № 41. vOICe, или зрение на слух).
"'vOICe' helps the blind 'see' with their ears"
(video also on YouTube).
Tech Show
(in Farsi, as Manoto 1 is the largest Persian-language channel).
"Durch Hören sehen".
"The vOICe Lets The Blind See with SOUND!".
"This device could help the blind see images with their ears".
On July 10, 2013, the same topic was featured in Popular Science in an article by Joey Carmichael titled
"Device trains blind people to 'see' by listening".
Michael Proulx,
Dave Brown, Claire Cheskin and
Peter White.
The Pod Delusion,
Episode 181, and The Pod Delusion Extra.
Sensory Substitution and Augmentation Conference at the British Academy in London, UK.
"The blind can now 'see' with Google Glass".
"App developer hopes to use Google Glass to help the blind see".
"Blindness: remapping the brain and the restoration of vision".
"Understanding The vOICe for Android".
Seeing with your ears
with contributions by Michael Proulx and Amir Amedi.
"Letters van geluid"
(PDF file, digital edition, Wetenschap p. 7, access requires a paid subscription).
"Camera-to-sound app lets blind people 'see'".
The Neuron paper is
"Reading
with sounds: sensory substitution selectively activates the visual word form area in the blind".
CNN-IBN
("Mumbai photographer gives the visually impaired a chance to click", by Jagriti Chandra, about a workshop by Partho Bhowmick).
A corresponding video report was broadcast on CNN-IBN in the series
"India Positive"
on November 3 and 4, 2012.
"CONGres 2012: Sounds in Science",
at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The lecture was titled
"Visual soundscapes from your augmented reality glasses".
"Oh, I see!",
produced by Ed Prosser for Pod Academy, with interview contributions by Pat Fletcher and Michael Proulx.
National Council for the Blind of Ireland)
technology podcast
with contributions by John Peacocke and Pranav Lal. The part about The vOICe starts 12 minutes into
the podcast.
"Sensory substitution, crossmodal plasticity, and the third kind of "qualia"".
interactive presentation (streaming MP3) on The vOICe at the Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired (CAVI).
"Navigation Glasses For The Blind Help Visually Impaired See Through Sound".
"Blinde können mit den Ohren «sehen»"
(video "Mit den Ohren sehen").
"We've Been Googled".
"'Visual'
Acuity of the Congenitally Blind Using Visual-to-Auditory Sensory Substitution".
"Real-life science closes in on Star Trek as scientists show they can to hack into blind people's visual cortex to let them 'see'".
ACB's Braille Forum of January 2012
in an article by Ken O'Sullivan titled
"The pathway to sight".
You can listen to a trimmed streaming MP3 version of
the spoken version of this Braille Forum issue.
That Android Show
Episode 3, with hosts Access Ana, J.J. Meddaugh and Joe Steinkamp.
Das Erste - Mediathek).
ACIVS 2011
(Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems), August 22-25, 2011,
and
ICDSC 2011
(5th edition of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras), August 23-26, 2011,
Ghent, Belgium.
"Seeing with your ears? Sensory substitution with The vOICe".
"Kijken met je oren".
"Science showcase presents psychology's 'hands-on' benefits".
"Device lets you see with your ears".
Also featured on MSNBC with an article titled
"See with your ears? They like the sounds of that".
A derived article titled
"Amazing device allows the blind to see with their ears"
appeared in ZME Science.
"A Device to Help the Blind See",
and written by Susan R. Barry ("Stereo Sue").
YouTube.
"Seeing with your ears with Dr. Amir Amedi".
An MP3 file (39 MB) of the broadcast on WCHL 1360 AM radio is available for download.
The relevant part starts at 7:43, or you can listen to a trimmed streaming MP3 version.
Peter Meijer (seeingwithsound on Twitter)
listed among the
The 25 Most Influential People Tweeting About Augmented Reality.
audio chat (streaming MP3)
for the Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired (CAVI).
YouTube.
YouTube.
Times Of India Mumbai
featured The vOICe and Pranav Lal, one of its users in India, in an article by Mahafreed Irani about
technology for the blind in India.
"A lensman's insight".
"Eye spy".
"Independent Travel Issues - Android GPS Evaluation" ("VOIC").
"Training the blind to see".
Amir Amedi: "the brain is a task machine, and not a sensory machine".
"Sounds of Science".
Casey's Extraordinary Technology (PDF file),
a market analysis newsletter for the technology sector, chapter "R&D - Robotics, Part II", section
"Restoring Light and Sound", pages 16-19.
"Two Pasadena researchers seek integrated system to help the blind 'see'".
"Horen, zien en geloven",
( PDF version
may require a paid subscription).
"From Sight to Synesthesia: What Happens when the Senses can be Rewired?".
World Science,
co-produced by BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH.
The 3-minute part about seeing with sound starts 15 minutes and 12 seconds into the podcast.
"The vOICe System Rewires the Brain's Audio into Visual".
"Shoot without sight",
by Joeanna Rebello Fernandes (Times Features, Sunday Times of India, Mumbai, August 22, 2010, page 4,
newspaper view).
"Flexibles Gehirn: Menschen können mit den Ohren sehen".
"Sensory hijack: rewiring brains to see with sound"
(a new device that restores a form of sight to the blind is turning our understanding of the senses upside down).
The article appeared on the New Scientist homepage on August 17, 2010.
New Scientist August 14 2010 print edition, "Ear today, eye tomorrow" / "Sensory switch-over" /
"See hear: when ears become eyes",
Volume 207, Issue 2773, pp. 42-45. Also on
YouTube.
"Crossmodal plasticity in synthetic synaesthesia".
The research was performed at Research Center Jülich, Germany, University Düsseldorf,
Germany and Radboud University Nijmegen (Donders Institute), The Netherlands.
"Augmented Reality smartphone application helps visually impaired, elderly to see".
"What Makes a Genius?"
with Marcus Du Sautoy, BBC 2 television, February 17, 9pm GMT. Rebroadcast on Monday February 22, 2010, BBC 1,
00:50 (except Northern Ireland), and Saturday February 27, 2010, BBC 1, 00:35 (only Northern Ireland).
Section on The vOICe at
DailyMotion.
"Blind in business: Cutting-edge seeing aids".
DOI).
Art Beyond Sight Multi-Modal Approaches to Learning Conference,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, October 16-17, 2009. Session: Technology and the senses,
presentation title: The vOICe: Augmented Reality for the Blind. Other speakers in the session were
Steven Landau, Joshua Miele, Jaime Sanchez and Sean White.
audio chat (streaming MP3)
in an online
ISRAEL21c).
ISRAEL21c; Peter Meijer's name misspelled as Peter Mejeri).
"Blind Photographers Use Gadgets to Realize Artistic Vision",
by Brian X. Chen. On July 22 the story also appeared in Japanese on
Gizmodo Japan
(盲目のフォトグラファー), and on July 23 on
"Highly transient neuroplasticity following one session of learning to use a sensory substitution device: an fMRI study".
Helen Keller Day in Second Life
( SLURL, props may have been removed),
using the 3D virtual environment sonification features of The vOICe,
as also explored by Louise Later. Both Tali Walmer and Louise Later (Louise Nicholson) have
low vision in real life.
"Sight Through Sound: The Hebrew University is teaching blind people to see through sound".
Here Amir Amedi's group trained ten congenitally blind individuals to read short words and recognize and find objects.
The research was also covered on Israel's
Channel 10.
(YouTube video, spoken in Hebrew/Ivrit).
"Object Recognition Through Image-to-Sound-Based Sensory Substitution of Sight" (PDF file).
"Seers of the Computer Age"
that included a description of The vOICe.
"Learning about Seeing from the Blind"
(about 46 minutes into the talk), at the University of Wisconsin. Also available on
YouTube.
"Device lets blind people 'see' with sounds",
based on an interview with Colin Blakemore of the University of Oxford.
"fMRI study of visual-to-auditory sensory
substitution: Can blind hear shapes and locations using artificial vision ?" (PDF file).
"An eye to see".
"Quest"
(G+J), in an article by Tonie Mudde about
echolocation by Daniel Kish and seeing with sound using The vOICe. The article is titled "Zien met je oren"
(seeing with your ears), p. 40-43.
"Object recognition learning with an image-to-sound sensory substitution system"
( abstract).
"Generalized learning of visual-to-auditory substitution in sighted individuals" (PDF file).
"Le Cube Festival",
June 3-8, 2008, in the Auditorium d'Issy-les-Moulineaux.
UK Synaesthesia Association
in Edinburgh, UK, March 29 - 30, 2008, in a presentation by Jamie Ward, Gerrit Maus, Peter Meijer
and Stefan Strahl, titled "Helping the blind to see with sound: A man-made synaesthesia".
"Seeing 'Where'
through the Ears: Effects of Learning-by-Doing and Long-Term Sensory Deprivation on Localization Based on Image-to-Sound Substitution".
Eduverse Symposium
(Virtual Web Symposium by eduverse.org, Robert Shepherd) in Amsterdam. This event at
debalie
on virtual education, virtual reality and augmented reality was broadcast live on Second Life. Video available on
YouTube.
Techshare India 2008,
titled "Seeing with sound: real-life experiences with a non-invasive visual prosthesis" (5MB zip file of Powerpoint presentation); India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.
WYPL: January 2008).
"Sensory substitution and synthetic vision for the blind"
at the CONGO's conference
"CONGres 2007: Brains, Technology and the Future",
at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The other speakers were Anders Sandberg,
Wolfgang Maass, Marwan Hariz, Ian Pearson and Nick Ramsey.
Stichting InZicht
(In Sight Foundation), ZonMw, Hooglanderveen, The Netherlands (Dutch abstract titled
"Zien met je oren: The vOICe").
Infotech: June 2007, downsampled to 56 kbps).
"How the brain can hear shapes"
(May 26 print edition title "The unmistakable sensation of hearing shapes", p. 22).
"Seeing With Sound: More on Artificial Vision".
"The Blind Brain: Part 1 of 2",
with Natasha Mitchell, Zoltan Torey, Pawan Sinha and Amir Amedi.
"The vOICe, Sound of Sight".
Marcia Smilack
presented her findings with The vOICe at the Sixth Annual National Conference of the
American Synesthesia Association,
January 26-28, 2007, at the university of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA. The abstract is titled "The Language of Synesthesia".
Well-Tech Award 2007,
Innovation Technology Prize.
( The vOICe Technology, in Italian; last year, Optobionics was among the finalists.)
"Quest"
(G+J), in an article by Rik Kuiper about the human senses, titled "Samen sterk", pp. 28-33.
online.
Well-Tech Award 2007,
Innovation Technology Prize.
Daniel Kish
and Karl Adam visited Peter Meijer, discussing and demonstrating The vOICe and echolocation.
"Handhelds give blind insight"
(the print version appeared a week earlier).
"Visual-to-auditory substitution learning: Behavioral findings and neural correlates".
"Can You Hear the View?".
A derived article by Peter Pachal appeared on Sci-Fi Tech Blog, titled
" "The Technology Blog".
"Nhìn bằng âm thanh".
The same article also appeared in the Thanh Nien Online and Tin Tuc Online.
Hachette Education
(Enseignement scientifique 1re L - Livre de l'élève - Edition 2006, De la rétine au cerveau, p. 41, "être aveugle et voir",
in the context of Denis Diderot's "Lettre sur les aveugles à l'usage de ceux qui voient" with blind mathematician Saunderson; ISBN 2011354307).
"Dreams in sound, not colour"
(May 5, 2006, page 17).
ICT-Kenniscongres
in the Amsterdam RAI in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Dutch abstract titled
"Kunnen blinden zien?").
DTM Magazine,
a Japanese monthly magazine for computer-based music production and multimedia technologies. Page 42.
president Bush
in Washington in March 2006.
"Year in Ideas"
(2005), with an article by Alison Motluk titled
"Seeing With Your Ears"
(Sunday's Late Edition in print, section 6, page 90, column 3, 456 words; use link on online "Year in Ideas" page for instant free access).
"Inventing the Future of Blind Navigation".
One of the
draft proposals
is titled
"A Modular Synthetic Vision and Navigation System for the Totally Blind".
Other contributions include proposals by Leslie Kay, Steve Mann, Nikolaos Bourbakis, Jack Loomis, Mike May and others.
Daniel Carey
exhibits a video piece named Information at the Makeshift exhibition in Leeds, UK.
The audio was created using The vOICe.
LifeStraw
portable water purification tool later on won the award.)
"KunstenFESTIVALdesarts"
in Brussels, Belgium, in a choreography titled II "Man"
with a blindfolded dancer (Jean-Luc Ducourt) wearing a helmet with a camera. Later performances are planned
for CCCB in Barcelona and La Bâtie in Geneva.
"לראות את הקולות".
"'The vOICe' helps the blind see through sound".
"Blind woman who sees with sound",
through Darren Barefoot.
A day later also listed on SmartMobs.
streaming audio).
"Sound sense".
news message
on the Web3D Consortium homepage after adding X3D samples to the
Accessible VRML/X3D for the Blind web page.
"Senses special: The feeling of colour" (subscription required), pp. 40-43.
"Ørerne kan se"
("Ears can see"), pp. 20-21.
"Hoe?Zo!"
presented by Bart Peeters with participation of Gerda Havertong and Jetty Mathurin, December 19, 2004,
21:35h - 22:20h, Nederland 1. The section about The vOICe is available as a four and a half minute
MP4 video 340 Kbps
With special thanks to Robbert-Jan Metselaar (
"Zap-N-Trash, Overclocked Scrubber, DVD Tuesday").
"New Tools to Help Patients Reclaim Damaged Senses",
by Sandra Blakeslee.
interview by Jill Daley
for "VIP On Air" (nowadays Insight Radio),
Europe's first Internet radio station for blind and partially sighted people. Broadcast at 2:30 PM GMT.
"Ik kan zien met mijn oren" (185 K PDF file), p. 8.
"Seeing through the ears?".
"Down with dogs and canes?".
"Technisch Weekblad"
(VNU Business Publications), in an article by Teake Zuidema titled "Blinden kunnen 'zien' met een Nokia" (Vol. 35, Issue 10, p. 3).
Slashdot Japan
("で携帯電話が盲導犬代わりに!?").
"Sight for Sore Ears - Dutchman develops auditory imager for the blind",
pp. 13-14.
WDR-5 Leonardo radio interview with Petra Stoerig
(about six and a half minutes, in German).
"Voir avec
ses oreilles: une nouvelle méthode pour les aveugles".
Richard and Judy show (starting at 5:00 p.m.),
by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. One of the participants was Kevin O'Regan, director
of the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the French National Centre for Scientific
Research (CNRS) in Paris, France. Another participant was John Cronly-Dillon of the Department
of Optometry and Vision Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK.
"五感をスイッチ"
(Senses switch). The news feature also appeared on Yahoo News Japan.
"The vOICe laat blinden zien" (The vOICe lets blind see).
"www.100shiki.com".
"시각장애인用
신호전달장치
실용단계".
"Eddo in de Ochtend!",
presented by Edwin Ouwehand and Joost Buitenweg.
Joe Lazzaro,
discussing various vision (substitution) technologies.
"Blinda ser med kamera - Ny teknik
hjälper blinda se med ljud".
"Blind 'see with sound'".
Translations of this article are also available in
Russian,
Arabic and
Portuguese.
"Localisation and form recognition in sensory substitution" (182 K PDF file).
See also the
poster abstract.
"Mit den Ohren sehen lernen?" (160 K PDF file).
"Seeing-eye and navigation technologies mean more freedom for the blind".
"Zien met geluid"
(seeing with sound), by science writer Herbert Blankesteijn.
Circus Blankesteijn: Hoeveel vingers steek ik op?
(about 11 minutes, in Dutch).
Institut für Neuro- und Bioinformatik, Universität zu Lübeck).
This presentation was preceeded by an introductory seminar titled "Sehen mit dem Ohr?" on June 10, 2003,
by Simon Vogt, Christopher Krause and Erhardt Barth at the same institute.
"The Sydney Morning Herald"
and "The Age", in an
article by Rose Vines titled "Listen up".
Vincent Bijlo's column in TeleScoop Actueel
(about 5 minutes, in Dutch).
Institut für Medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich).
"Voir avec les oreilles"
(seeing with the ears, 175 K PDF file),
by Kevin O'Regan and Malika Auvray of the Laboratory
for Experimental Psychology of the University of Paris 5.
"The
Status Quo Of Computer Vision".
"Für die Wissenschaft dem Licht entsagt" (125 K PDF file).
MP4 streaming video file.
A related article "Hörbrille für Blinde - Mit den Ohren sehen", by Frank Staudenmayer, appeared on February 28 on the Bayerischer Rundfunk website.
The vOICe that helps the visually-handicapped 'see'.
Red, Blue, Green and Other Sounds,
by Mark K. Anderson.
Seeing with sound: Is it vision?
(about 26 minutes) and
Seeing with sound: A journey into sight
(about 24 minutes).
Pat Fletcher on TechTV.
The G4 TechTV story also appeared in the Sci/Tech section of ABC News of April 2, 2002.
Experimental Biological Psychology
(Prof. Petra Stoerig), University of Düsseldorf (Heinrich-Heine University), Germany.
Seeing with Sound
(about twelve and a half minutes, mostly Danish, partly English).
Nu försöker forskarna lära oss att se med öronen
(almost six minutes, mostly Swedish, some English).
Electronic Musician magazine,
in an article titled
"
Main Menu, the online
technology show of the American Council of the Blind, presented by Jonathan Mosen.
Users of a streaming MP3 player such as WinAmp can listen directly to The vOICe
for Windows software review as MP3
streaming audio.
Audyssey, Computer Games Accessible
to the Blind. Issue 21: January/February, 2000.
WebCam World home and
Sendero Group).
It was a pleasant, enlightening and memorable meeting. This was before Mike May's partial vision
restoration through surgery, which was later featured in the BBC documentary "The Man Who Learnt to See" (2002).
Trace R&D Center
at the
CSUN '99 conference in Los Angeles, USA.
Special thanks to Al Gilman and Madeleine Rothberg for doing the demo. Covered by
"Seeing-Eye
Software", by Kristen Philipkoski.
An article by Vladimir Titov appeared in
Computerra (in Russian).
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JARS.
The Rank Prize Funds
Symposium on Technology to Assist the Blind and Visually Handicapped,
Grasmere, United Kingdom, March 25-28, 1996.
Exchange of ideas with insect vision expert Mandyam Srinivasan ("Srini") while
walking around the lake.
Discover Magazine, October 1993, pp. 24-26.
"Patents: A sound view".
