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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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"." http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...43221&from=rss |
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