I've not tried them yet, but I am told that the bone conductor earphones
mean that you can still use your ears for listening and orientation.
Alison
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- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 14:58:00 +0100
I'd also have thought that when one of your ears is locked into your
earpiece, that in itself might take away some of your special awareness.
That is, you're not getting the full stereo or quadrophonic 'picture' off
the sounds around you.
Best,
Clive
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very well put. I like both my ears fully engaged on whats goig about
bnecause the effect is similar to that os someone watching their mobile
device screen.
granted I do have some ussable vision but nontheless.being bombarded with
additional information via a headset( or even a single earpiece) can be
distracting.
the only navigational aid i do use is the trekker breeze, even then I only
use that in unfamiliar surrouings with a lapel speaker attached rather than
an earpiece. that way I can listen to the guide prompts and concentrate on
what is going on in the imediate environment without losing directional
perspective.
On 02/08/2016 14:35, Clive Lever (Redacted sender clive.lever for DMARC)
wrote:
Hi all,
I feel uneasy about having to navigate through noisy, busy environments by
needing to stick an earphone in at least one lughole. I want to be able to
listen to announcements on train stations, and to be aware of when to avoid
people coming towards me, who could, but may not look where they're going.
What about those people who don't budge when you're trying to go along a
platform at a train station. The complaint often goes up from sighted people
about other sighted people: How can you concentrate on the sounds in the
world around you when you're focused on what your phone is telling you?
Best,
Clive
Best,
Clive
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Also, Guide Dogs are trialling a similar system with Microsoft called Cities
Unlocked. There is a video somewhere out there demonstrating a day out for a
father and son and how this scheme could help them have a day out in London
dependently, i.e. the programme could enable you to buy your tickets for the
underground or the event you plan to see; the system would be intelligent
enough that when you arrive at the underground station it would tell you
which platform to go to or if the train had been delayed. When they go into
the museum, it read the notices on the exhibit cases etc. etc. I don't know
if this video is available on Guide Dog's website.
I'm going to a conference in September when I should learn how this research
is progressing.
The idea is that it would not just help sight impaired people, but would be
of use to anyone, for example, as you pass Boots, it could be advertising
"deals of the day" etc.
Alison
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