Hi John and All,

> Could you tell us a bit about the ifeelpixel technology?

I most recently posted about it in the context of the
CNN article about a computer mouse for the blind. The
ifeelpixel technology is about software that works with
many force feedback devices such as the tactile mice
used with games (for instance the Logitech Wingman/iFeel
force feedback mouse and other devices). Ifeelpixel gives
tactile feedback on any graphics showing on your screen,
allowing you to feel lines and other purely graphical
items. The following two URLs give more information about
the new ifeelpixel software:

   http://www.ifeelpixel.com/description/
   http://www.ifeelpixel.com/download/

The ifeelpixel tactile mouse software and The vOICe
Learning Edition soundscape software can be used in
conjunction, to give you a soundscape view of any
graph while you check out the graphical details with
your tactile mouse. For instance, if you press function
key Shift F9 when The vOICe window has focus, it starts
sounding the graphical content of the full screen, and
if you press F5 it will use inverse video to hear out
dark lines on a bright background. If you then maximize
the graphics window of your favourite math package to
fill the screen, you can check out function plots using
your tactile mouse. The ifeelpixel software will respond
to lines and other graphical features. So you would get
tactile feedback from the ifeelpixel software as you move
the mouse pointer over the screen while you keep hearing
the soundscape overview of the full view from The vOICe
software. There are many other possibilities, but I hope
this gives some idea.

The ifeelpixel software is currently available in beta.
The vOICe seeingwithsound software has been around a
bit longer.

Best wishes,

Peter Meijer


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