Jerry, excellent description from what I remember. I never owned it but had the opportunity to check it out while at TSI. Actually, it wasn't for me as I have never cared for anything in my ears. I supposed if I'd owned the guide and used it on a regular basis, I'd perhaps gotten more used to it. But how you described it is exactly how I recalled it worked. Good job!!! Always and Forever...A Randy Travis Fan Linda and Guide, Greg -----Original Message----- From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gerald.g.weichbrodt@xxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:49 AM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optacon-l] Re: memories of TSI and the Good Old days! The Sonic Guide was purely audible, and it was also stereo. It had earmolds designed to pipe the sound from the device into your ears while letting in environmental sounds. The Sonic Guide was a pair of glasses with a triangle of audio transducers mounted in the center between the lenses. The transmitting transducer was in the center, and the two receiving transducers were set off to each side slightly to give the stereo effect. I won't go too deep into the details of the theory of producing the sound, but what the user would hear were tones signifying objects in the Sonic Guide's path, and the frequency of the sound would move downward as the object got closer. The volume of the sound was dependent on a combination of the distance away of the object and, I believe, how sound absorbent the object was. In practice you would get sort of a whooshing noise from something complicated like a tree and a more solid tone from something hard and well-defined like an unadorned wall. Cheers, Jerry "Mary Emerson" <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/13/2009 11:13 AM Please respond to optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [optacon-l] memories of TSI and the Good Old days! Jerry, I had similar experiences with the Mowat sensor as you did with the Sonic guide; I can't recall seeing a Sonic guide though; was it more audible than tactile? I had training with the Mowat from an instructor who came to my work place; we worked in the large plaza, which was surrounded by eight buildings that had windows looking out on it, so we had quite an audience of people who approached me after the training sessions and asked tons of questions about what in the world was going on. It was spring at the time and I suspect they really wanted to be outside as we were. I think they really got curious when I was learning how to navigate bewteen and around trees and other objects. Mary to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3762 (20090113) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3762 (20090113) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.