REGGIO EMILIA, Dec. 24 – comes from Reggio Emilia the latest challenge to “give back” sight to the blind. Irene Lanza, young CEO of the start-up “Soundsight Training” , has developed a virtual reality acoustics that will allow blind people to train their ears to perceive and identify objects. The software Soundsight Training, free and open source, made from ‘ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in collaboration with CERN in Geneva , simulates the interaction of sound with different scenarios, giving an opportunity to not blind to learn how ecolocalizzarsi space. The software will thus improve the perception of the environment itself in blind subjects. As explained by CEO Irene lanza, SoundSight System enables you to train your ears to perceive and identify objects even up to “to be able to shoot at goal or score a free throw in basketball.” “Right now -prosegue the Lanza we work on a demonstration prototype already tested by blind that can be used with a regular computer.” The prototype of the software is ready and will be online by next Monday, the platform Kickstarter , a campaign crowfunding with the aim of collecting the € 250,000 needed to develop it and make it accessible to all. [photo: abruzzo.tv] Antonella Sica
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