Feeling Sounds, Hearing Sights: A new wave of sensory substitution devices work to assist people who are blind or deaf.

The article discusses the development of sensory substitution technology, a term for mobile application software and devices that collect visual, auditory, and haptic stimuli to help blind or deaf users. A history of devices and technology for the impaired is provided before covering topics such as...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 15 - 18
Autor principal: Mone, Gregory
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2018
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Sumario:The article discusses the development of sensory substitution technology, a term for mobile application software and devices that collect visual, auditory, and haptic stimuli to help blind or deaf users. A history of devices and technology for the impaired is provided before covering topics such as speech recognition technology, automation, and smart technology.