[optacon-l] Re: brain port
- From: "Fran" <fran.italy@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:11:38 +0100
Nick, thanks for sharing, that is fantastic news!
I have never heard of it! Do you know if there's an age limit to try this?
Also, were you totally blind before trying this device??
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 11:04 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Optacon Alternatives using current technologies and
funding methodologies
> I'm congenitally blind, and saw clouds and the moon, and have learned to
> identify the colors "blue", "Brown", "Silver", and "White",, have read
> print on a computer sign, identified the shapes of signage, and identify
> some objects all of which I encounter in my working life, and at home,
> especially when outside with both hands full and I can't use a cane at the
> same time... I'm using the Brain Port, currently an Investigational
> Device produced by WICAB.
>
> Like the Optacon, it requires practice, and a high level of motivation to
> negotiate the learning curve, as home and external environments are much
> more complicated environments than those represented by printed text, or
> the kinds of image-related data we are used to interpolating with an
> Optacon. Even Sawyer's wonderful SF books don't represent the
> difficulties of "learning to see" for those of us who are congenitally
> blind. But I'd never have imagined I could see the shapes of trees,
> branches moving in the breeze, and the moon and clouds, or how to locate
> the knob or push plate on a door and move my hand to it to open it in
> motion, or reach out and grasp a specific object without having to do
> search patterns on a surface so as not to knock over items I didn't know
> were there...
>
> Like the Optacon, I'm using the device for functions outside the
> expectations of the designers, like trying to learn to make simple welding
> joints with a blow torch. (smile)
>
> Nick
>
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> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fran
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 3:20 PM
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> Well, no matter what anyone says, artificial vision is already a reality
> for many. Unfortunately not for those blind from birth, for now at least,
> but nobody can tell what will happen 10 years from now. BTW I also have
> much hope in gene therapy and stem cell research!
> But while we get there...and we will...thank God we have this great
> technology to support us, and in my opinion the optacon is still the best,
> in spite of computers, audiobooks and everything else. I use it much less
> than before, but just knowing it is there makes a huge difference to me,
> also psychologically.
>
> Fran
>
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> From: "Jyrki Voutilainen" <jykke.voutilainen@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 9:52 PM
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>> On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, Fran wrote:
>>
>>> I share both dreams!! Beautifully said, guys.
>>
>> Oh, many thanks, because my dream of the artificial vision has been â how
>> should I say it â rejected by some of those whom I'd expected something
>> else from. And I remember me saying that before that we need an updated
>> Optacon!
>>
>> --
>> Jyrki Voutilainen
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