Title :
Sight for sore ears [visual aids for the blind]
Abstract :
This article describes the vOICe system, which allows a visually impaired person to "see" by using his ears for visual input. Software that can be run by a laptop computer, carried in a backpack, translates images captured by a video camera into sounds that the brain uses to create crude mental renderings of what the camera is aimed at.
Keywords :
audio signal processing; handicapped aids; video signal processing; blind visual aids; brain mental images; ears visual input; image to sound conversion; laptop computer software; vOICe system; video camera images; visually impaired person; Application software; Bit rate; Cameras; Cellular phones; Ear; Frequency; Headphones; Implants; Pixel; Portable computers;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2004.1265119
