[Ct-nfb] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue

[Deb Reed]

Thanks for sharing this Justin. As someone with some usable vision and
therefore limited O & M skills I will keep an open mind to this and am
hoping to see if this really makes any practical sense. At this point the
technique seems in the infancy stage and maybe it will not prove to be
anything worthwhile, but time will tell.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Chris Kuell <ckuell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hey Justin (and others),
>
> Thanks for posting this. It's good to keep abreast of how afraid the
> sighted world is of blindness. For, I believe that's the only thing this
> technology is good for. To relate it to braille is absolutely ludicrous, as
> there's no way anyone could read using this technology at greater than 1 or
> 2 words per minute. In fact, I'm sure it would be faster to learn to read
> braille with your tongue. Secondly, I find it impossible to believe that
> anyone could identify an object faster or more accurately with that device
> than the average blind person could with their hands. And lastly, I can
> think of more pleasant things I could do with my tongue than cover it with
> electrodes!
>
> Peace,
>
> chris
>
>
>
>
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