Daniel Kish: How I use sonar to navigate the world
دانيال كيش: كيف أستعمل تقنية تحديد المواقع بالصدى (سونار)للإبحار في العالم
Daniel Kish expands the perceptual toolbox of both blind and sighted humans by teaching echolocation -- the ability to observe our surroundings via sound. Full bio
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when they removed my left eye.
عندما قاموا بإزالة عيني اليسرى.
upon awakening from that last surgery
من تلك العملية الأخيرة
the intensive care nursery,
who did this to me.
your own impressions of blindness.
when I first came onto the stage,
to most of us,
and unawareness,
of the dark unknown.
my parents were not poetic.
were but matters of the mind,
لم يكونا سوى أمور عقلية،
and responsibilities as everyone else.
كجميع الأشخاص الآخرين.
(Laughter) --
(ضحك) --
between love and fear.
in the face of challenge.
would pose a significant challenge.
how do I manage today?
كيف أدبر أمري اليوم؟
used by most blind people.
departure from the stage. (Laughter)
that every imaginable mishap
up here on the stage.
as I came onto the stage --
بينما كنت أصعد إلى المنصة --
from surfaces all around me,
عندالخفاش،
with pieces of information,
in my visual cortex,
much as your brain does.
through my blindness,
الرؤية من خلال العمى،
of my own challenges,
as in any way remarkable.
من أي ناحية.
much like anyone else
of their own challenges.
or I wouldn't be up here,
وإلا لما كنت واقفًا هنا،
faced a challenge,
let me do a head count.
دعوني أقوم بعد الأشخاص.
(Clicking) (Laughter)
(نقر) (ضحك)
to navigate these challenges,
للإبحار في هذه التحديات،
which is what most of us fear, okay?
وهو ما يخافه أغلبيتنا، موافقون؟
through these challenges. Okay?
is no help at all.
عديم الفائدة.
for just a moment, okay?
للحظة فقط، موافقون؟
a bit of flash sonar.
of me, but I'm not going to move it.
ولكنني لن أحركها.
to that same exact sound
(Pitch getting higher and lower)
(طبقة الصوت تعلو وتنخفض)
of the dark side.
when you hear the panel start to move.
عندما تسمعون اللوحة وهي تبدأ بالحركة.
Daniel Kish: Good. Excellent.
دانيال كيش: جيد. ممتاز.
(Laughter)
(ضحك)
you guys can see with your eyes
كأن بإمكانكم يا أصدقاء الرؤية بأعينكم
of enjoying it more or less,
DK: Yeah.
دانيال كيش: نعم.
coming back down again.
SM: That's amazing.
امرأة: ذلك مدهش.
I wouldn't go back to being sighted.
لن أعود ثانية لأكون بصيرًا.
the more obstacles you'll face,
كلما زادت العوائق التي تواجهها،
هل يبدو هؤلاء الأشخاص خائفون؟
and sighted people from all backgrounds
من جميع الخلفيات
better, more clearly, with less fear,
أكثر وضوحًا، مع خوف أقل،
the immense capacity within us all
through any form of darkness,
من خلال أي نوع من الظلام،
a spectacular standing ovation at TED.
بحفاوة بالغة في TED.
your inner world that you construct.
عالمك الداخلي الذي تقوم ببنائه.
that you as a blind person don't have,
أنت كأعمى لا تملكها،
behind me as it does in front of me.
تعمل بنفس الكفاءة خلفي كما أمامي.
three-dimensional geometry.
الهندسة المشوشة ثلاثية الأبعاد.
become an instructor,
after a few months
everything going on throughout the house:
كل ما يحدث في أرجاء المنزل:
people in the bathroom,
الناس في الحمام،
like having x-ray vision.
that you're in right now?
ما الحالة التي ترى فيها نفسك الآن؟
هذا واضح جدًا.
When people make a sound,
عندما يصدر الناس أصواتًا،
when they take a drink or blow their nose
عندما يتناولون شرابًا أو يرفعون صوتهم
that every single person makes.
of the audience around the stage,
of three-dimensional surface geometry
هندسة الأسطح ثلاثية الأبعاد
a spectacular job
in a different way.
DK: Thank you.
دانيال كيش: شكرًا.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daniel Kish - Perceptual navigation specialistDaniel Kish expands the perceptual toolbox of both blind and sighted humans by teaching echolocation -- the ability to observe our surroundings via sound.
Why you should listen
When he was 13 months old, Daniel Kish lost both eyes to retinal cancer. Driven by fearless curiosity, he taught himself to navigate by clicking his tongue and listening for echoes -- a method science calls echolocation, and that Kish calls FlashSonar.
In 2000, Kish founded World Access for the Blind as a platform to teach FlashSonar, along with other methods that the blind can use to “see” and that the sighted can use to expand their awareness. Kish and many researchers believe that echolocation produces images similar to sight, and allows the visually impaired to transcend the limited expectations of society.
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