[Electronics-Talk] [Electronics-talk] I Glasses ultrasonic mobility aid

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I do not know the answer to your questions.  I do not think that you could
identify object, but I could be wrong.   

Annette

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				How big or little do objects need to be to
be picked up by the glasses? 
I went shoe shopping today. Could the glasses pick up the shelves of shoes,
or one shelf, or the shoes on all the shelves, or would I just know that an
object was present and have to figure out what it was? 

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No vision necessary.  They provide feedback by vibrating.  I think the
vendor said that you can request that it provide auditory feedback as well.

It was kind of neat to be able to turn my head as if I was looking around
and get feedback that something was in the direction that I was looking.  If
I got no feedback, then I knew that I could turn my body in that direction
and use my cane to travel through it.  The glasses are intended to provide
you feedback about objects located from waste to slightly above your head.
Your cane is taking care of detecting objects below your waste.  

Given that I primarily travel with a dog guide, I'm not sure how productive
it would be wearing the glasses while working the dog.  For example, if
while you are walking with your dog, you turn your head to the right to
detect a door opening to where you are going, when you find it, you cannot
abruptly turn without having given commands to your dog.  Now maybe it would
be more conducive to use the glasses while leash guiding with my dog.  I'm
not saying that you never can use the glasses when working a dog guide.  But
just as having useable vision can negatively impact how a person works their
dog, maybe these type of glasses would have the same effect for some people.
I think it would be an interesting research project.

Annette

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So, I guess one has to have some vision to use these glasses, right?
Educate me.  Please.  I've never heard of them.

Vince

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>I recently had an opportunity to try out a pair of these glasses.  The  
>concept was really need.  While using my cane I was able to pinpoint 
>where  door openings were, and could navigate around small groups of 
>people  without  having to tap them with my cane.  The place where I 
>tried out the glasses  was a resource fair.  There were tables for the 
>various vendor and  community  services.  Only some of the tables had 
>someone sitting at them.  With the  glasses on, I could figure out 
>which tables were manned, and how many  people  were at the table.  
>While I really liked what the glasses could do, I was  not impressed 
>with how they looked.
>
> I have since read about another product that works in a similar 
> manner, but you wear it pinned to your clothing.  I cannot remember 
> the name of it.  I think this product even had a couple more features 
> than the glasses.
>
> Annette
>
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> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
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> Contact Information for interest in glasses: Jeff Shad
>                                                                 
> Director, Sales  & Marketing
>                                                                 (571)
> 297-4756
>
> jshad at g-technologygroup.com
>
> Also, if yu go to www.accessibleworld.org, there is a recent recording 
> there about it.
>
>
> On 12/16/15, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Does anyone know anything about the IGlasses ultrasonic mobility aid?
>> BlindMiceMart is selling it for $98, which is cheaper than other such
>> devices I've seen.
>>
>> My husband has lost most of his vision, and, though he uses a cane, he
>> frequently bumps his head on things like branches and signs.  I'm
>> looking around for something that would give him some warning when
>> he's getting close to such obstacles.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
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