[vicsireland] The Touch Sight Camera
- From: "Ciaran Ferry" <Ciaran.Ferry@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:31:23 -0000
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1852747_18541
95_1854193,00.html
From Time Magazine:
Paradoxical as it sounds, the Touch Sight camera makes it possible for
the visually impaired to take pictures. The photographer holds the
camera up to his
or her forehead, and a Braille-like screen on the back makes a raised
image of whatever the lens sees.
http://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/2008/08/touch-sight-camera-for-the-bl
ind/
From the idea connection blog:
Sometimes the ideas that initially sound the most absurd are the most
brilliant ones. Suppose for a moment that someone told you that they
were going design
a camera for blind people. Well, a design team at Samsung has done just
that.
My first thought was "Why?" ... My second thought was "ok, but...How?"
The team, led by Designer Chueh Lee have developed what might be the
worlds first camera for the blind. It's called the "Touch Sight Camera",
and Mr Lee
says this:
Touch Sight is a revolutionary digital camera designed for visually
impaired people. Simple features make it easy to use, including a unique
feature
which records sound for three seconds after pressing the shutter button.
The user can then use the sound as reference when reviewing and managing
the photos.
Touch Sight does not have an LCD but instead has a lightweight, flexible
Braille display sheet which displays a 3D image by embossing the
surface, allowing
the user to touch their photo. The sound file and picture document
combine to become a touchable photo that is saved in the device and can
be uploaded
to share with others"and downloaded to other Touch Sight cameras.
Incredible. The camera actually works best when the Braille panel is
held against the forehead as it also helps stabilize the camera. Chueh
mentioned that
in instructor who teaches a photography course for the visually impaired
found that "the visually impaired have no problems estimating distances,
since
their sense of hearing is especially sharp. Every rustle of wind in the
trees catches their attention and can be used to judge distances."
"A camera was something prohibited, I never dreamed I'd hold one," says
visually impaired photography student Karina Murninaks. "My parents told
me that
to take pictures you had to be able to see, that I couldn't touch the
camera. And I always loved hearing the click-click, and at last I can do
the click
myself. At first it was like a toy, but now I'm really taking
photographs."
Touch Sight Camera
The 3 seconds of audio recording help convey distance and also impart
the sense of "being there" that a normally-sighted person would feel
when looking
at the photograph.
This isn't the first device that helps blind people "see". There is
this
device that uses sound,
this
device that uses touch sense on the forehead and even
this
device that helps people see with their tongue.
There are no definite plans to bring the device to the market yet, but I
sincerely hope that Mr. Lee's collegues at Samsung decide to put the
resources
into this evolutionary device. The rest of the design team includes
Liqing Zou, Ning Xu, Saiyou Ma, Dan Hu, Fengshun Jiang and Zhenhui Sun.
Ciaran Ferry
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