[blindza] Fwd: [The vOICe] A Glimpse of Body Language

  • From: Jacob Kruger <blindza@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:45:19 +0200

This is a nice example of how sensory substitution can possibly make you 
notice/recognise something without really actively/specifically trying to focus 
on a specific aspect...<smile>

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'


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Subject: [The vOICe] A Glimpse of Body Language
   From: Peter Meijer <feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:40:00 +0200
>Hi All,
>
>The appended new blog post by Amanda is an interesting read, and mentions
>how she is able to see a person stand with arms crossed.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Peter Meijer
>
>
>Seeing with Sound - The vOICe
>http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm
>
>
>Sunday, September 4, 2011.
>
>A Glimpse of Body Language.
>
>The transportation service where I live is quite random. Today it sent me a
>driver who was already carrying other passengers and did not want to answer any
>of my questions. He did not seem to understand that I had no other way of
>knowing the order in which events would take place and when I would be dropped
>off. This could either be due to a severe case of mind blindness or lack of
>enthusiasm for working on Sundays. He applied the gas and breaks very abruptly,
>drove fast, and honked his horn. I focused on the soundscapes and saw a set of
>stairs out my window right as we dropped off another passenger at a church on a
>university campus. They seemed to grow closer together as they rose to the
>right. The idea that stairs and buildings can seem to exist while I am in an
>enclosed space that is separate from them is relatively new.
>
>An unknown number of time units later, I was being escorted through the wrong
>door at my own church. Still more time units passed, and then the message for
>this morning was presented by the Engineer, who normally leads the band. Since
>he is an engineer, he gave several examples and made a great deal of sense.
>After this, a friend and I were talking. "When you look at me," Ken asked, 
>"what
>details can you make out?" He turned his head in a slow and exaggerated way
>until I could see it. Then something occurred to me. "You stand with your arms
>crossed, don't you?" I crossed mind over my chest to show him what I'd seen.
>"No. Arms cross means that one is defensive. I am not defensive, so I stand 
>with
>one arm sticking way out and cause people to flip backwards when they walk by."
>His arms were no longer crossed when he made this joke, but because I see in
>still frames I cannot say exactly when he uncrossed them. Just then someone
>turned on the loud music which whited out most detail. Ken's image all but
>disappeared.
>
>On the ride home with CBeth, the subject of the glasses came up and I explained
>what had happened. She said that Ken often stood this way and therefore I was
>correct. This is becoming very different from sonar in which a person is either
>present or absent, sitting or standing. Without the glasses they are all 
>formed,
>yet featureless. It is only a matter of time before I recognize someone.
>
>Source URL:
>http://darknessesc.blogspot.com/2011/09/glimpse-of-body-language.html
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