[optacon-l] Re: Nick's device.
- From: "Fran" <fran.italy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:59:53 +0100
Thanks Nick for sharing this. You've expressed it beautifully and you sure
make many of us want to try it out!
Fran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 4:16 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Nick's device.
> Fran:
>
> When I started using the Optacon, I thought allot about the fact that this
> device was vibrating the shapes of letters it was seeing onto my finger
> from a smooth undotted print page, and what did that mean regarding the
> nature of perceived versus actual reality. Eventually I gave up on
> struggling with the conundrum and said, "It is what it is. I can
> understand how it works on an intellectual level, but I don't have to
> bridge the gap f the seemingly unknowable. Similarly, I had light
> perception until I was about 19, but couldn't see shadows. Now, with this
> device, I don't get light perception, but I have seen the shadow of my
> Mobility instructor on the floor of the Hilton where I work. I saw the
> shadow move as she moved, saw changes of the shadow as I tried to touch
> its shape on the floor, or moved into the light producing it. These and
> the other things I've experienced, are, according to my sighted friends
> not exactly what they see because there are only 400 pixels in t
> he image, and, they are gray-scale rather than color. But I've been able
> to repeatedly identify colors on that scale, have seen things I could
> never touch or imagine, so it is close enough to sight it will have to do
> for now, until the device evolves, or other devices--someday perhaps
> directly stimulating the visual cortex with a much denser matrix come
> along and I can experience them...
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fran
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:36 AM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Nick's device.
>
> Nick, thank you so much for taking the time to share so many details on
> your experience!
> I was a bit put down at first when I read that the sensations are felt on
> the tongue - my dream is to be able to have some visual input through the
> eyes (I only have light perception). But if you kind of forget where the
> images come from, and they serve the purpose, that sounds terrific!
> Let's hope it passes FDA approval so it will be accessible to everyone
> eligible.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Fran
>
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