© 2003 Peter B.L. Meijer Philosophy and The vOICe What does that mean? 17th Century “Molyneux's Question” revisited? Q: Would someone born blind, in case sight was restored, be able to tell a cube from a sphere by sight alone? A: “No” (according to John Locke & William Molyneux) 17th Century “Molyneux's Question” revisited? Q: Would someone born blind, in case sight was restored, be able to tell a cube from a sphere by sight alone? A: “No” (according to John Locke & William Molyneux) Q: Would someone born blind, using “seeing-with-sound”, be able to tell a cube from a sphere by “sight” alone? A: “Yes”Q: Would someone born blind, using “seeing-with-sound”, be able to tell a cube from a sphere by “sight” alone? A: “Yes”

© 2003 Peter B.L. Meijer The vOICe image-to-sound mapping Frequenc y Time Spectrographic synthesis

© 2003 Peter B.L. Meijer The vOICe demo sounds (1 of 4) Frequenc y Time

© 2003 Peter B.L. Meijer The vOICe demo sounds (2 of 4) Frequenc y Time

© 2003 Peter B.L. Meijer The vOICe demo sounds (3 of 4) Frequenc y Time

© 2003 Peter B.L. Meijer The vOICe demo sounds (4 of 4) Frequenc y Time Informational masking? Apply mental saccades