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This portable color recognition device provides auditory information
on colors to blind people. All users have to do is bring the
device in contact with the object whose color they want to know,
press a button to activate the sensor, and wait for the device
to announce the name of the color. Since the device readjusts
itself each time it take measurements, it usually announces
the correct color. More often than one would expect, blind people
find themselves in situations in which they have to coordinate
the colors of their own clothing, not for only weddings and
funerals, but also for everyday life. We evaluated this project
favorably for focusing on a pressing problem for blind people,
namely color recognition, and making use of sophisticated technology
to propose a product that will enrich the daily lives of the
users.
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This is a project for musical concerts composed in real time
using the media art program Small Fish, which creates music
according to how the user moves graphic elements displayed on
a computer screen. Small Fish expresses sounds visually so that
people with hearing disabilities can use it to play music. The
concert location is equipped with devices that allow people
with visual and hearing disabilities to enjoy the performance
so that the music can be "heard" and appreciated by the entire
audience, whether or not they have disabilities. The project
was rated highly for creating new communication possibilities,
not by presenting special needs concerts intended for people
with disabilities, but rather by presenting participatory concerts
that allow everyone to enjoy new forms of direct access to music.
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