Giles H-Fletcher

Postdoc Research Scientist investigating how multisensory interactions can inform the design of assistive technology for the blind.

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

iOS Sensory substitution Apps - The SoundSight ( experimenter and pre-release versions), and the Colour Explorer are now open-source and available on Github at https://t.co/JZs1OC9SB8 and https://t.co/YiFaTeg6re courtesy of James Alvarez, @JamieWardSussex, and myself.

[Russell Chan @russwchan]

Exciting news! Our latest paper has been published in Imaging Neuroscience - "NORDIC improves tSNR in rodent and Human fMRI".

Thanks Kevin, Giles, Muneeb, Thajunnisa, Steen & Brad. @kevinchancw @Gilouxy @EdelmanBradley @faiq_muneeb

https://t.co/ohlQYeXd8K

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

@camillebordeau Congratulations!

[Scottish Tech Army @ScotTechArmy]

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines ... teams from @PwC_UK taking part in feasibility study during #PwCOFOD exploring how Soundscape using 3D audio assistive technology open sourced by @Microsoft could be taken forward, developed to support the visually-impaired community.

[Jarnail Chudge @jchudge]

Soundscape for Everyone is coming soon! Felt appropriate to share this on GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day!) Over the past few months, I have been working with a small group of partners and individuals, who have been generously donating their time and expertise,

[Aaron Espinoza @BlindAllDay]

I hadn't heard of the Oko app before, but after watching the demonstration, I'm eager to try it out.
https://t.co/p8mp2B2Oye

[Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley]

People are sleeping on the convergence of AI + AR.

GPT-4 image input is on its way, and Apple’s AR/VR headset is on its way.

- navigation overlays
- translation overlays
- immersive education
- personal HUDs

The fusion of these 2 technologies will transform everything.

[Kevin Chan @kevinchancw]

Diverging patterns of plasticity in the nucleus basalis of Meynert in early and late-onset blindness https://t.co/JQR56fb0ah

[CYBATHLON @cybathlon]

Extraordinary! What a comeback from the EyeRider team, completing our vision assistance course with just 6 seconds to spare. Congratulations!

@ETH_en @maxonglobal #VisionLoss #VisionImpairment #AssistiveTechnology #cybathlon

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

Cybathlon vision assistance challenge highlight. A smartphone App developed by Kristof Karacs called EyeRider is used by pilot Peter Sulyok during the successful navigation of an obstacle course and tabletop challenge at 5.53.00 https://t.co/KAdy8gePiS

[Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute @SKERIResearch]

We're very excited to hear Dr. Ella Striem-Amit @StriemAmit discuss #neuroplasticity and vision restoration from #blindness at SKERI on Monday afternoon, March 27 at 4pm! To join via Zoom (or if you're nearby, e.g. for #CNS2023), let us know here:
https://t.co/z5rwIB9ECr

[The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺 @seeingwithsound]

Be My Eyes announces new tool powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 to improve accessibility for people who are blind or have low-vision https://t.co/90NzoAMfCO

[The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺 @seeingwithsound]

#GPT-4’s new capabilities power a ‘virtual volunteer’ for the visually impaired https://t.co/FNMXPaVQcM "Users can send images via the app to an #AI-powered Virtual Volunteer"; #blind #a11y #BeMyEyes #GPT4

[Ella Striem-Amit (@striemamit.bsky.social) @StriemAmit]

Please RT: My lab is recruiting a postdoc to work on individual differences of plasticity in blindness: how brain #plasticity manifests in different #blind individuals, and how that may account for their compensatory skills and use of assistive devices.
https://t.co/LEC4S2xw3M

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

@SenselessPsych @MarvelousMike6 @HefferNaomi @BathPsychology Congratulations and well deserved!

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

@ousmet @ERC_Research @bristolcs @BristolIG Congratulations and well deserved! Great research area.

[The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺 @seeingwithsound]

The Topo-Speech sensory substitution system as a method of conveying spatial information to the blind and vision impaired https://t.co/giI882spNn by Amir Amedi et al. @NeuroImageLab

[Camille Bordeau @camillebordeau]

Sharing my first first-author paper, published in @FrontPsychol. If you are interested in sensory substitution, auditory localization, cross-modal correspondence or assistive technology for the blind, check it out https://t.co/Zu5BupEaIq (1/4)

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

@n7zzt @seeingwithsound Another point on the BrainPort, I swear users are best with it when they only use the tip of their tongue to scan the image on the tongue display. At that point, its basically a parallel to finger exploring an embossed image.

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

@seeingwithsound The corporate song and dance, each space has their hoops to jump through.

[Giles H-Fletcher @Gilouxy]

@n7zzt @seeingwithsound Ha! Didn't realize there was an even shorter abbreviation for the vOICe