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Seeing-Eye Computer Guides Blind source: Wired News | Apr 04, 04 | submitted by Ryan

Dayton, Ohio - Helen Keller once said that what a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self. Researchers are developing a system that aims to provide something close -- a computerized "seeing" assistant that will help blind people read books, access Web pages, recognize faces and navigate unfamiliar rooms.

The portable version of the system, called Tyflos -- Greek for blind -- consists of a tiny camera mounted on a pair of glasses, a laptop carried in a backpack, a headset and a microphone. Designed by researchers at Wright State University, Tyflos converts the images recorded by the camera into verbal messages conveyed to the user.

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