Camera for the Blind !!!

Blonde Baji · Jun 28th, 2009, 08:16 pm

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Gadgets for the visually impaired are nothing new, but the Touch Sight camera is one of the most unique we've seen. Designed to be held against the forehead, the camera doesn't have an LCD, but instead displays a three-dimensional representation of the image on a built-in Braille screen and records three seconds of audio to assist users in locating and managing shots. Just a concept for now, but let's hope it makes it to market -- it seems like it'd be a fun toy for the sighted as well.

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dhobi_bhai · Jun 29th, 2009, 02:51 am

There is a Braille keyboard and other technology for visually impaired people as well.

Blonde Baji · Jun 29th, 2009, 06:24 am

hmm !!!

I knew about Braille Books not keyboards !!!

cool haan !!!

Even our keyboards should have letters engraved on it !!!

ChaiWala · Jul 2nd, 2009, 06:47 pm

all rite.. thats neat. but how can the "Blind" person "see" the captures images.. ?

or is it just something that the person will feel on forhead while the braille thingy make the shape of the stuff viewd by the camera lens..!?

and :claps:

quite intersting I must say..

Blonde Baji · Jul 2nd, 2009, 09:11 pm

;blush;
hum interesting hain he ;aur bhi blushing;

dhobi_bhai · Jul 6th, 2009, 05:52 pm

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Originally Posted by ChaiWala

all rite.. thats neat. but how can the "Blind" person "see" the captures images.. ?

or is it just something that the person will feel on forhead while the braille thingy make the shape of the stuff viewd by the camera lens..!?

Braille are raised alphabets which a visually impaired person can feel. Each alphabet is unique on the Braille technology. So "A" would have a different feel than "B".

I read the first post again and it mentioned that the camera has to be put against the "forehead". The forehead of the person, or precisely the space between both eyes above the nose, is where the "third eye" is. Everyone has a third eye in them, it is right in-between both eyes. If you forget something and try to remember it, put two fingers on your third eye, close your eyes for a few moments and you will remember it.

I found a site which talks more about Braille, and how this technology works.

All of this is interesting indeed.

Blonde Baji · Jul 6th, 2009, 07:14 pm

what i do not understand is that why dont they use the same letetrs like we do !!!
anyhow they have to feel it & all the letters would feel different !!!!

dhobi_bhai · Jul 6th, 2009, 07:21 pm

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Originally Posted by Bechain Bhoot

what i do not understand is that why dont they use the same letetrs like we do !!!
anyhow they have to feel it & all the letters would feel different !!!!

They have to feel it, yes. Our letters are printed on each keyboard key. The letters on Braille keyboard tell them which key they have pressed. If you see the website above, a letter "A" is different than the letter "B".

Blonde Baji · Jul 6th, 2009, 07:34 pm

But why do they have to have dots !!!
would it not be easier with alphabets like us !!!
they could just engrave or emboss the Alphabets & then the people can feel them.

*Masoom Muskaan* · Jul 9th, 2009, 03:05 pm

ChaiWala · Aug 4th, 2009, 05:54 pm

BB so that people with sight cannot understand what the blindmen are reading...!

you have a good question.. why not use engraved or raised english alphabets instead.

The problem i think is the way alphabets are written. and they are quite close with each other too. secondly, some alphabets can be confused with others..

so proll that was the reason behind using dots..

and then we have Morse code..! dots and lines.. !!

they could have used the same dots for both no..!? so by learning braile, the blinds would have more talent as they would also know Morse code..!

ironinc right..! but not practical...!

Blonde Baji · Aug 7th, 2009, 12:12 pm

there dots are more confusing than our alphabets !!!
So its better to use raised or engraved Alphabets !!!
moreover can blind people dream?

ChaiWala · Aug 10th, 2009, 06:35 pm

well they can imagine cant they.. which means that they can dream.. the problem is for the person who is blind by birth, cause that person has nothing to relate too..
then dreaming is kind of an interesting question in this sense...

learning languages is always hard.. so this is just another language.. but this can be understood with lesser effort than other languages..!