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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. way cool by SinaSa · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Let me be the first to say I can't wait till they run my /pub/porn/pictures/ through this baby.

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