[Blindtlk] Wanting to See

[Jen]

Hi Devon,

There is a public radio show called "Radio Lab" I listen to sometimes, and
one of its episodes featured this. I thought the concept was brilliant. But
the idea of using it freaked me out... what if their sound is different from
the picture of the sound in your mind's eye? And besides, when I picture
things, I picture how they feel first.

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Devin
Prater via blindtlk
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Wanting to See

Well, there's always the vOICe,
Seeingwithsound.com

It takes images, and transforms them into sounds, following rules, so that 
you can, in theory, see with sound. There are only a few who have gotten 
very far with it, as it takes lots of patience to learn to see, but thanks 
to seeing with sound, there is a blind photographer, can't spell his name 
though, something like Pranav Lall.

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On January 5, 2017 10:34:42 PM Jude DaShiell via blindtlk 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Sight sure would have been helpful running a microscope in Biology
> class.  To the best of my knowledge no adaptation that would allow
> independent use of a microscope exists.  It Certainly didn't back in
> 1972 when I went through High School Biology class.
>
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, Jen via blindtlk wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:30:05
>> From: Jen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org, nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Jen <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Wanting to See
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> As I posted on my "driverless cars" thread, I'm totally blind from birth.
>>
>> I have always been interested in visual things. They include
>>
>> * pictures, especially pictures of pictures
>> * colors
>> * the sky
>> * videos
>> * light and the various ways it can be manipulated, like with shadows and
>> optical illusions
>> * rainbows
>>
>> ... and so many others.
>>
>> Now here's my question. I wish I could see sometimes. Is this normal for
a
>> blind person? I'm not consumed by these feelings. I don't feel sorry for
>> myself for being blind, and I have incorporated alternative techniques
into
>> my life. So personally, I consider myself as a well-adjusted blind
person.
>> At the same time though, I wouldn't want my sight back because, since
I've
>> never had it, everything would be too much clutter for me. Also, I have
my
>> own pictures of visual things in my mind's eye, and I wouldn't want to
ruin
>> them.
>>
>> My family and friends, who are sighted, tell me it is normal to have
these
>> feelings. But it would be great to get some feedback from my fellow
>> Federationists.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
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