No one has claimed that the device detracts from the need to hear traffic. Gerald’s contention is that the device, providing entirely different stimulation, vibrations, which don’t involve hearing at

The web site doesn’t say anywhere, nor do the developers in the podcast say that no previous mobility training is necessary. Saying something will replace the cane is not saying anything about what kn

I didn’t say anything about the web site indicating this. I have said that the web site is very insufficient in a message early in the thread. I sent a message a little later in the thread where I lin

You continue to make straw man arguments or incorrect comparisons. The device either will or will not be able to replace the cane, something I doubt. I don’t think it should be presented and advertise

or a while, my Google account thinks I am off line. I can still do things like receive mail but there are a lot of things I can’t do. I’ve tried to find information by doing Google searches about the

Also, you are ignoring what I said in my first message to set up a straw man. I explicitly sttated that the user could go out with his cane after listening to the tutorial. I also said that the tutori

Your extrapolation is unfounded, or is so unless you have tried something similar, using haptic input. And even if there is something to your objection, it is very easily countered, as I shall do. For

The podcast I linked to previously includes one of the developers explaining about the tutorial that comes with the device. it demonstrates, by discussing and causing the device to make them, differen

No. It is a continuation of the same thread. GeneNo.

A Set of Eyes Helps You Engage with Your Computer Screen I’m not sure why this sentence is read before my message begins in the message body. it isn’t part of my message. The sentence is: A Set of Eye

A Set of Eyes Helps You Engage with Your Computer Screen I haven’t checked but I expect you can set JAWS to display things as they appear on screen to the extent other screen-readers do. But System Ac

Battery use is discussed in the podcast I’ve heard and I would imagine in others. The goal is twenty-four hours between charges and they are now up to about eighteen. This sort of information not bein

In that case, I would be far more willing to pay 200 dollars for a device that warnsmeof such things than 750 dollars for a device that does a lot of other things if a much cheaper device could be mad

And since you yourself admit it is ;polarizing, you should advise the company not to constantly repeat that this device will rrreplace the cane. Saying it may over time, perhaps a long time, is one th

I just listened to the podcast. it contains discussion and information that should be on the web site and that should be in the realease but isn’t or isn’t developed well. I don’t know how useful the

Here is a podcast from Blind Abilities. It is an interview with two of the developers of Strap. https://blindabilities.com/?p=6479 Gene

If you find points implausible, just sayihng so doesn’t make your case. What are they? Why are they? Gene

My brother saw what happened. You have no grounds to doubt the story other than to believe that my brother misunderstood what he saw or that the gang leader changed his mind for some other reason than

I just went to the web site. https://strap.tech/ I had thought the product cost 250 dollars. Guess what? It costs 750 dollars. 750 dollars to replace a 35 dollar cane? Here is what the web site says:

A competent cane user knows how to swing a cane. That is one of the first things he/she is taught and a good instructor emphasizes correct technique. It becomes pretty much automatic, varied at times