Hi All,

Similar complementary tactile and auditory display
technology for the blind is also available from
the ifeelpixel and seeingwithsound websites. It
works with regular (affordable!) tactile mice as
also often used with games. The following URLs
give more information:

  (ifeelpixel for the tactile feedback)
  http://www.ifeelpixel.com/description/
  http://www.ifeelpixel.com/screenshots/#thevoice

and

  (The vOICe for the soundscape feedback)
  http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm
  http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winmath.htm

The ifeelpixel software is currently available
for beta testing, from the web page at the URL

  http://www.ifeelpixel.com/download/

The ifeelpixel tactile mouse software and The vOICe
Learning Edition soundscape software are meant to be
used in combination, to give you a soundscape view of
any graphics while you check out the graphical details
with the tactile mouse. For instance, you may import
an image file into The vOICe software via its file
requester (Control o) to hear the corresponding (often
very complex) soundscape, and you can just maximize
The vOICe window to occupy the screen area. This will
then give you relevant tactile feedback from the
ifeelpixel software as you move the mouse pointer over
the screen area while you keep hearing the soundscape
of the full image.

Best wishes,

Peter Meijer


Seeing with Sound - The vOICe
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm