[real-eyes] Re: new app for finding zeebra stripes crossings. and handy hams chalange.
- From: "Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD" <morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:15:50 +0000
I'm at work & can't access the website referred to at the moment. What's the
name of the app?
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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:56 AM
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Subject: [real-eyes] new app for finding zeebra stripes crossings. and handy
hams chalange.
Hi just got my weekly handy hams news letter just passing along 2 things we
might find of interest on the list.
We are headed into our end-of-summer good read, but first...
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Mike, KJ6CBW, writes:
Maybe an ATOM would be useful for
Zebra crossing app
Hey, maybe Twitter is good for something after all! I checked my Twitter feed
and saw a post by New Scientist magazine that reported a new iPhone app
designed to use the VoiceOver(r) screenreading in the iPhone in conjunction
with the built-in camera to recognize "zebra crossings". The idea is to help
blind pedestrians find safe places to cross the street. Now, because I have
already reminded myself earlier in this edition about assuming that our readers
and listeners know what I'm talking about, I'd better explain that a "zebra
crossing" is not a place for wildlife (actual zebras) to cross the road. It is
a crosswalk painted in horizontal stripes that run parallel to the roadway.
The white stripes stand out on the black pavement, hence the name "zebra
crossing". Anyway, the zebra crossing app recognizes these distinctive striped
crossings and can alert the blind iPhone user to the location of the crosswalk.
Zebra crossings are not used everywhere, but they are quite common in many
parts of the world. You can read the New Scientist article on line and decide
for yourself if you want to check out the app:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/09/zebra-crossing-app.html
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