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I imagined what a huge difference this would make for the blind around the world, I imagined how it would be developed, and even how the business model would work. I named my 'company', thought through its development. I imagined the engineering and design problems that would be faced: ''what information would be important to convey and what to ignore? How long would it take to learn? etc...'' I wasn't able to sleep for about 3 hours after I went to bed.

Ah, but a simple Google search finds that I am not the first to think of such an idea. Alas.

• Portable 3D Sound / Sonar Navigation System for Blind Individuals
• Google search on sonar and blind

I wonder if someone has come up with a device that reads text to blind people? Scans the world ahead and reads out any text encountered. I'm sure there is. :)