Blind photographers

[RichL]

I was just thinking today that with all the advancements in digital cameras, computers and etc. that there should be a way of combining it all to allow blind people to use a camera. Don't know how, but figure there must be a way. Anyone heard of such a thing or even about someone working in roughly that direction?

 

[Clay]

Chip retinas may help:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17936302#

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11670044

There are photo groups for 'almost blind' people.

Best regards,

/Clay

 

[Clay]

Just Google Photography for the Blind.

I was surprised!

Best regards,

/Clay

 

[RichL]

Interesting, thanks. I see there is one group of researchers using a camera and a braille like table sitting on a tongue and another that is using some sort of recognition program that interprets shapes as sound.