[P.S. We also used an AM radio in the computer room to "hear" how the job was progressing w/o relying on the console lights. It was amazing how quickly the ear could pick up any problems with the computation after "hearing" it a few times. We came to the conclusion that a blind person could easily become gainfully employed as a computer operator; a conclusion that startled most sighted (and blind) people.] At my first computer programming job in high school, the U. of Cincinnati was teaching blind people how to program. These were exceedingly bright people, and we worked out a way to print braille by putting a cushion behind the printer paper so that the printer hammers would dimple the paper. Most of the blind programmers used their fingers, but one of them took off his shirt and pressed the paper against his chest. He couldn't read individual letters that way, but he could quickly "glance" at the page to recognize certain obvious patterns -- e.g., source code, assembly listing, hex/octal dump, etc. At 06:43 AM 7/3/2015, James Propp wrote:
Thanks, Hans!
Just to make sure my incorrect original question doesn't spread any false memes: according to Snopes, the physician in question relies on vision and a compendious knowledge of classical music, NOT touch.
Could one recruit the sense of touch in the fingertips to replace vision or hearing? (I believe the nerves in the tongue are being used this way in some experiments.)
Jim Propp
On Friday, July 3, 2015, Hans Havermann <gladhobo@teksavvy.com> wrote:
http://skepdic.com/vinylvision.html http://www.snopes.com/music/media/reader.asp