Hi Pranav, Is there any IOS version of vOICe? If so please send me the details. regards,
On 7/20/16, Pranav Lal <pranav....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Nitin, > > Thanks for posting this. I have been using this program in one form or > another > since 2001 and am happy to answer questions. It takes a bit of training but > is > well worth the effort. See http://www.seeingwithsound.com for details. > > Pranav > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mobile.accessindia > [mailto:mobile.accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] > On Behalf Of nitin patel > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 10:48 PM > To: mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [Mobile.AI] Check out "The vOICe for Android" > > This application is very good for blind. You can see from the ear . . The > application generate specific sound by the help of this, you can identify > the > object and see from your ear. just try the application See with your ears! > The > vOICe for Android maps live camera views to soundscapes, offering augmented > reality and unprecedented visual detail for the totally blind through > sensory > substitution and computer vision. Also includes a talking color identifier, > talking compass, talking face detector and a talking GPS locator, while > CamFind > visual search and Google Goggles can be launched from The vOICe for Android > by > tapping the left or right screen edge. > > Is it an augmented reality game or a serious tool? It can be both, depending > on > what you want it to be! The ultimate goal is to provide a form of synthetic > vision to the blind, but sighted users can simply have fun playing the game > of > sight-without-eyesight. Visually impaired users with severe tunnel vision > can > try if the auditory feedback helps them notice changes in the visual > periphery. > The vOICe for Android is compatible with Google Glass, using the tiny camera > in > these glasses to generate a live sonic augmented reality overlay, > hands-free! > You will want to use an external battery connected via USB cable to keep > the > small Google Glass battery from draining too quickly, and access to The > vOICe's > special options is currently still limited on Glass. You can help us by > blogging > and tweeting about your experiences, use cases, and how *you* learn to see > with > sound. > > How does it work? The vOICe uses pitch for height and loudness for > brightness in > one-second left to right scans of any view: a rising bright line sounds as > a > rising tone, a bright spot as a beep, a bright filled rectangle as a noise > burst, a vertical grid as a rhythm. Best used with stereo headphones for > the > most immersive experience and most detailed auditory resolution. > > Just experiment with simple visual patterns first, because real-life imagery > is > complex. Randomly drop a bright item such as a DUPLO brick on a dark table > top, > and learn to reach for it through sound alone (closing your eyes if you > have > eyesight). Next try and explore your own safe home environment, learning to > associate the complex sound patterns with what you already know is there. > Sighted users can also use the app with Google Cardboard compatible devices > through a swipe-down on the main screen to toggle the binocular view. > > For serious users: learning to see with sound is like learning a foreign > language or learning to play a musical instrument, really challenging your > perseverance and brain plasticity. It may well be the ultimate brain > training > system, bridging the senses through artificial synesthesia. A general > training > manual for The vOICe (not specific to the Android version) is available > online > at > > http://www.seeingwithsound.com/manual/The_vOICe_Training_Manual.htm > > Why is The vOICe free? Because our foremost goal is to make a real change > by > lowering barriers to use as much as we can. You will find that competing > technologies cost upwards of $15,000 and yet have lower specs. The > perceptual > resolution offered by The vOICe is unmatched even by $100,000 "bionic eye" > retinal implants (PLoS ONE 7(3): e33136). > > The vOICe for Android supports English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, > Italian, > Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Arabic > (menu > Options | Language). > > Please report bugs to feedb...@seeingwithsound.com, and visit the web page > http://www.seeingwithsound.com/android.htm for detailed description and > disclaimers. We are on Twitter at @seeingwithsound. > > Thank you! > > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe > > > > > > Search for previous postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile.accessindia mailing list > Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > to post send mail to: mobile.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.. > > > > > Search for previous postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile.accessindia mailing list > Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > to post send mail to: mobile.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.. > -- *Dr.B.S.M.Kumar* *Director (Industry and Education Relationship), Project Starfish * *Email: kumar....@pstarfish.org* *Hand set +91 9840139849* *Skype: bsm.kumar* *Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/pub/kumar-bsm/64/878/398* | www.pstarfish.org | "An integrated opportunity and employment platform for the blind and A shared service for business and start-ups" Search for previous postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in _______________________________________________ Mobile.accessindia mailing list Mobile.accessindia@accessindia.org.in http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in to post send mail to: mobile.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..
