[nfbwatlk] touch sight camera

[Mike Freeman]

Ah women, bro!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carl jarvis" <carjar at olypen.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] touch sight camera


We can all go around feeling each others foreheads.  Hmm, I could think 
of
better places to put the camera.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alco Canfield" <amcanfield at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] touch sight camera


> Well, Carl, knock yourself out!  What's the deal about the image on 
> the
> user's forehead?  Don't think I need that.
>
> Alco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: carl jarvis <carjar at olypen.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:32 AM
> To: wcb <wcb-l at wcbinfo.org>
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] touch sight camera
>
>
>  November 17, 2008 Capturing an image takes on a different meaning 
> with
> the
>    Touch Sight camera.  The device makes it possible for the visually
> impaired
> to take digital photos by using a Braille-like screen to make a raised
> image
> on the user's forehead of whatever the lens sees.
>  Designed by Chueh Lee from Samsung China, the camera aims to provide 
> a
> means of recording the mental photograph that the visually-impaired 
> create
> of their surroundings using senses other than sight.  It records sound 
> for
> three seconds after pressing the shutter button so that the user can 
> then
> use the sound as a reference when reviewing and managing the photos 
> and in
> place of an LCD screen, the camera has a lightweight, flexible Braille
> display sheet which shows a 3D image by embossing the surface.
> The sound and picture combine to become a touchable photo.  This image 
> can
> then be saved on the camera as well as be uploaded to share with
> others--and
> downloaded to other Touch Sight cameras.
>  The use of the forehead as the optimal position for the camera was
> uncovered by Chueh during his research.  An instructor who teaches a
> photography course for the visually impaired in Israel had discovered 
> that
> holding the camera to the forehead is the easiest way to keep the 
> camera
> still, and becomes almost like a third eye.  The instructor also found 
> the
> visually impaired have no problems estimating distances, since their 
> sense
> of hearing is especially sharp.
>  The Touch Sight camera makes was recently named among Time Magazine's
> Best
> Inventions of 2008
>
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