[Blindtlk] Wanting to See

[Jude DaShiell]

Jen,

That's entirely reasonable.  We process everything in 3-d since 3-d is 
all we've ever felt.

On Fri, 6 Jan 2017, Jen via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:47:25
> From: Jen via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jen <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Wanting to See
> 
> 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
> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 11:58 PM
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> Cc: Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater at gmail.com>
> 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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