[nabs-l] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue

[Sophie Trist]

I=20find=20the=20thought=20of=20operating=20my=20braillenote=20with=20my=20=
mouth=20
slightly=20creepy=20and=20I'm=20not=20ashamed=20to=20admit=20it.=20And=20an=
other=20
reason=20sighted=20people=20are=20so=20inept=20at=20traveling=20is=20becaus=
e=20(at=20
least=20in=20school=20hallways)=20they=20never=20look=20where=20they're=20g=
oing.=20:)=20
This=20boggles=20my=20mind...

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Brandon=20Keith=20Biggs"=20<brandonboy13 at comcast.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2022=20May=202012=2017:55:06=20-0700
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Device=20Helps=20Blind=20See=20with=20Tongue

haha!
I=20really=20think=20that=20using=20the=20tongue=20to=20do=20things=20is=20=
a=20huge=20under=20
exploited
part=20of=20our=20body...=20I'd=20like=20to=20see=20some=20way=20to=20contr=
ol=20my=20note=20
taker=20with
my=20tongue...
I=20doubt=20I'll=20be=20buying=20this,=20unless=20it=20makes=20sight-readin=
g=20piano=20
music
feasible.
As=20for=20sighted=20people=20not=20understanding=20that=20blind=20people=20=
are=20
probably
better=20equipped=20to=20travel=20than=20they=20are,=20it=20probably=20has=
=20to=20do=20
with=20the=20fact
sighted=20people=20have=20no=20idea=20how=20to=20travel=20without=20signs.
I'm=20highly=20amused=20and=20I=20hope=20the=20failure=20of=20their=20first=
=20product=20
doesn't
deter=20them=20from=20making=20Bluetooth=20remote=20controls=20for=20the=20=
mouth!
Thanks,

Brandon=20Keith=20Biggs
-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Justin=20Salisbury
Sent:=20Tuesday,=20May=2022,=202012=203:13=20PM
To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Device=20Helps=20Blind=20See=20with=20Tongue

Philosophy=20Discussion=20Time

I=20just=20caught=20this=20story=20on=20the=20local=20news,=20and=20I=20wan=
t=20to=20hear=20
people's
opinions=20of=20it.=20=20There=20are=20many=20different=20versions=20of=20t=
his=20news=20
story,=20but
here's=20a=20link=20to=20a=20page=20with=20a=20video=20and=20text=20article=
:

http://wearecentralpa.com/fulltext-healthcast?nxd_id=3D369932

Feel=20free=20to=20find=20other=20versions=20of=20this=20story=20using=20a=
=20simple=20
search=20engine.

When=20I=20heard=20that=20Mark=20couldn't=20wait=20for=20the=20day=20that=20=
he=20could=20
navigate=20his
own=20home=20independently=20with=20a=20device,=20I=20thought=20to=20myself=
=20"hey,=20I=20
already
have=20one=20of=20those=20devices.=20=20It's=20called=20a=20cane!"

In=20my=20reading=20on=20the=20story,=20I=20get=20the=20impression=20that=20=
researchers=20
think=20that
this=20device=20is=20important=20because=20we=20blind=20people=20are=20obli=
vious=20to=20
our
surroundings=20and=20need=20some=20way=20to=20get=20information=20about=20t=
hem.=20=20I=20
think=20this
is=20cool=20research=20for=20the=20sake=20of=20research,=20but=20I=20see=20=
absolutely=20
no=20practical
need=20for=20the=20device.=20=20With=20the=20proper=20skills=20and=20traini=
ng,=20we=20can
independently=20navigate=20our=20own=20surroundings.=20=20I=20further=20won=
der=20if=20
maybe
these=20uneducated=20or=20incorrectly=20educated=20researchers=20simply=20d=
on't=20
know=20about
the=20techniques=20we=20blind=20people=20can=20use=20to=20independently=20n=
avigate=20
our
surroundings=20or=20if=20they=20view=20them=20as=20inferior=20and=20think=20=
we=20should=20
be=20trying
to=20operate=20as=20closely=20to=20sighted=20people=20as=20we=20can.

What=20does=20everyone=20on=20the=20list=20think?

Justin=20Salisbury
President
North=20Carolina=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students


Justin=20M.=20Salisbury
Class=20of=202012
B.A.=20in=20Mathematics
East=20Carolina=20University
president at alumni.ecu.edu

=93Never=20doubt=20that=20a=20small=20group=20of=20thoughtful,=20committed=
=20citizens=20
can=20change
the=20world;=20indeed,=20it=92s=20the=20only=20thing=20that=20ever=20has.=94=
=20=20=20=20
=97MARGARET=20MEAD

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