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You’re not sure if your other senses have actually gotten better since you started losing your vision or if you’ve just started paying more attention to them.
Now, you’d be hard-pressed to differentiate an apple from a pineapple across the room.
You stopped driving after nearly running over a pedestrian that materialized out of your blind spot.
After all, life isn’t just for those with 20/20 vision.
Their claim to fame was the ability to project images anywhere into your environment, but their actual understanding of that environment was pretty limited.
A bright yellow arrow, working in tandem with the rhythm to guide you towards your destination.
The Specs have also helped you get to know your neighborhood since moving in last year. Before you got the Specs, the storefronts you passed were anonymous, little more than flat slabs with a door that might suddenly open onto you.
Now, the Specs act as a virtual tour guide, quietly mentioning points of interest into your ears as you pass. Your Specs have gotten to know you as you’ve used them; rather than repeat the same descriptions every day, now they only give you the newest updates about sales and new openings.
They read the aisle descriptions as you pass, then the types of foods and finally the specific labels of food you pick up. A quick scan of the barcode is enough to tell you whether a food has dairy or any of your other allergens.
Then, a short tone indicates when you should step forward and soon enough, the cashier is greeting you. You’re not sure they’ve even realized you’re blind.
They’re no miracle cure, that’s for sure — not the Star Trek VISOR you had once hoped they would be. But being able to borrow a pair of machine eyes, rather than ask a person or train a dog, has made you more willing to put yourself out there.