I think it is easier to walk straight when walking faster; the straight line is easier to feel. Trouble is, if you crash into something, it hurts more.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Janet Bell Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2021 11:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Blind Compass and Blind Bat - new apps for the blind Hi Simon I reckon I walk straighter when I have had a few than when I am sober. Janet On 10/01/2021 22:40, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > Sorry > Blind people not walking straight, > Hell now theres an issue > If I could walk straight I wouldn't need to drink anymore. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Monday, 11 January 2021 4:10 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Blind Compass and Blind Bat - new apps for the blind > > Hello tony, > > I forwarded your message to my former coworkers, many of which are > Orientation and Mobility instructors. > If I get any feedback from them, I'll let you know. > I know they have struggled with some clients on getting them to learn to walk > straight, so I think this will be a big help. > > I'm not sure about the Blind Bat app. The idea of echo location is to have > the click loud enough to hear the echo back from objects. I'd be very > interested in hearing from anyone who uses echo location to find out how well > this works. > > A very interesting idea though. > > > > > Richard, in the U.S. > > "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a > Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in > deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I > was young." > "Why, what did she tell you?" > "I don't know, I didn't listen." > -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy > > . I'm not the card shark > . My web site, www.turner42.com > . > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Tony Malykh > Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2021 4:46 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Blind Compass and Blind Bat - new apps for the blind > > Blind Compass and Blind Bat - new apps for the blind Hello, My name is Tony > and I wrote two iPhone apps for blind people and recently I published them in > AppStore. > Blind Compass is a compass app specifically designed for blind people. I was > surprised that such an app didn't seem to exist before - or am I missing > something? First, it reports your heading continuously by varying pitch, so > that even with not much musical training you can easily memorize how the > right direction sounds like, and you'll be able to walk in straight line just > by listening to your direction. ALso when your heading crosses North,East, > South, or West you will hear that spoken to you. > I recommend to use Blind Compass with bone conductance bluetooth headphones. > Bone conductance headphones don't block ears, so that you can hear sounds > from the environment, as well as audio feedback from BlindCompasss. > You can also have your heading spoken by either pressing button in the app, > or if you are using bluetooth headphones, you can press play button once. > Second, Blind Compass allows you to lock your direction. Either press lock > button in the app, or press fast forward button on your headphones, or double > press play button on your headphones, and your direction will be locked. You > will hear auditory feedback guiding you back to the original heading. If you > allow Blind Compass to use location data, then it will also count distance > travelled from the point where you locked your location. This way you can > cross vast open space without fear of veering. > > Another app I wrote is Blind Bat - and it is designed to help people to learn > echolocation. Maybe I'm not that good at it myself, but I wanted to play > around with it, so I designed an app that would make ideal click, whatever > that might entail. You have a few parameters you can adjust and the app would > generate click sound that conforms to these parameters. You can specify mean > frequency, bandwidth and duration of click. > > > If anyone is interested in source code: > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithu > b.com%2Fmltony%2Fblind-compass%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C1915a5e6450340 > c41c5108d8b5011743%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637458 > 363572269011%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luM > zIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=dIdUGylq747WJsXXbdp > Y5M4Dt%2Fr7mKKEmdK5KgWCzs8%3D&reserved=0 > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithu > b.com%2Fmltony%2Fblind-bat%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C1915a5e6450340c41c > 5108d8b5011743%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6374583635 > 72269011%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiL > CJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ZlNf3cZMXoyAHMFVdcuRuV4 > 69Y3otWPtoutG0C%2Bc2Zg%3D&reserved=0 > > > Let me know what you think of them! > --Tony > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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