onething i understood friends, that this device is helpful for the hurdles at face levels and chest levels. what about the slopes, slants, gaps between two steps, when there is any manhole on the road will this device helps.
regards, sazid On 12/12/15, Pranav Lal <pranav....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aaruni, > > The Ausion is similar to the K-sonar though at a fraction of the cost. It > is > primarily meant for above chest level obstacles. You hold the device in > your > hand and scan your environment. I am planning to order it for testing. I > have > the IIT device. Again, you need to scan your environment and you get > tactile > feedback in terms of different vibration patterns based on distance. In > most > tactile based systems, you do not get a sense of texture. You may get this > in > the ausion and in the K-Sonar because they support continuous scanning and > can > better render texture information using sound. > > The question though is what do you mean by better mobility? If it is > detecting > drop offs and steps, there appears to be nothing to match the white cane. > The > EyeCane may have a fighting chance but I do not know if it is commercially > available. If you navigate in office spaces, then the smart cane and the > ausion > may work just as well. > > The thing with any aid using ultrasound is that it does not answer the > question > "what." You know something is there but you need to build a database of > sound > patterns to identify the obstacle. However, if you take something like the > vOICe, it will tell you what you are looking at but it is not particularly > good > at rendering distance information. As of this writing, you need to combine > sensory substitution devices and ultrasound based devices for the best > mobility > experience. For the vOICe, you could use your Android phone or grab a > dedicated > unit from > http://www.after-sight.com/ > > This is probably more than you wanted to know but mobility aides are an > interest > of mine and something that I am exploring actively. > > Pranav > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
