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Minh Ha, assistive technology manager at the Perkins School for the Blind, tries a LightSound device for the first time at the school's library in Watertown, Massachusetts, on March 2, 2024. As eclipse watchers look to the skies in April 2024, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear and feel the celestial event. — APWhile eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.
Hatch is a visually impaired student and a space enthusiast who hopes to one day become a computer scientist for NASA. On eclipse day, she and her classmates at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired plan to sit outside in the school’s grassy quad and listen to a small device called a LightSound box that translates changing light into sounds.
This year, they are working with other institutions with the goal of distributing at least 750 devices to locations hosting eclipse events in Mexico, the US, and Canada. They held workshops at universities and museums to construct the devices, and provide DIY instructions on the group's website. Others will experience the solar event through the sense of touch, with the Cadence tablet from Indiana's Tactile Engineering. The tablet is about the size of a cellphone with rows of dots that pop up and down. It can be used for a variety of purposes: reading Braille, feeling graphics and movie clips, playing video games.
Sophomore Jazmine Nelson is looking forward to joining the crowd expected at NASA's big eclipse-watching event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the tablet will be available.Added her classmate Minerva Pineda-Allen, a junior."This is a very rare opportunity, I might not get this opportunity again.
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