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Converting Images Into Sounds for the Blind

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-hair-sounds-beautiful dept.

prostoalex writes "ACM News Service links to a page on Cornell University Web site that describes a technology developed by researchers to enable blind people to read maps. According to the article, the software package consists of "Java computer code that could translate images into sound, and a rudimentary software program capable of converting pixels of various colors into piano notes of various tones"."

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  1. Finally blind people can experience online porn by lukesky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally blind people can experience online porn ;-)

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    1. Re:Finally blind people can experience online porn by odyrithm · · Score: 3, Funny

      Would the sound be akin to that cheesy stuff they play in pr0n movies? damn now that's going to bug me.

      wiki wiki wha wha wiki wha...

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  2. What will be the sound of... by b166er_zeroone · · Score: 5, Funny

    goatse?

  3. Converting Images Into Sounds for the Blind by RatRagout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will an input picture of a badger make it play "badger badger mushroom"?

  4. One tracked mind by lukesky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just noticed that the first three post were about porn ;-)

    There most be better use for this technology, but apperently there arent. ;-)

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    1. Re:One tracked mind by Nuskrad · · Score: 4, Funny
      At least noone will say 'you'll go blind' to them.

      Does listening to porn make you deaf? I think some serious scientific research is needed!

  5. Oh no this is bad by Hosting+Geek · · Score: 1, Funny

    What happen when you goto a site with 100 pop ups?

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  6. cat file | /dev/soundcard by REBloomfield · · Score: 4, Funny

    that'd work, surely? :)

  7. see no evil, hear no evil by mrjb · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now they can read maps, but somehow I would't feel very secure getting in on a car with them. "Keep your eyes on the road!!!" "Okay, if it makes you feel better..."

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  8. Man, I was doing that in 1996 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, I was converting non-sound files into sound since 1996. I was trying to get my soundcard to work in Linux, and to verify my success I'd:

    bash$ cat /boot/vmlinuz | /dev/dsp

    If I heard sound, my soundcard was working. This could presumably be done with *.jpg's as well.

  9. Re:What will be the sound of... by ilikejam · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's easy.
    cat lastmeasure/hello.jpg > /dev/dsp
    It sound like 'shshshshshshshshshh'.

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  10. Re:What will be the sound of... by dabigpaybackski · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Oh my g--*urp.*" [sound of test subject running to the bathroom]

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  11. Old News by jamesjameson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Albert Hoffman, way back when(1941), discovered something that not only allows you to hear colors, but just about any other funky combination of senses you could imagine. It's called LSD.