* A newly developed conductor’s baton could be a game changer for blind and visually impaired musicians.
* The ‘Haptic Baton’ sends signals to ankle or wrist monitors which vibrate and buzz in various ways signaling conductor cues.
* Violinist Abie Baker lost her sight following a surgery as a child. She told Reuters that visually impaired players previously were “reliant on hearing sounds around us. So I’ve been playing in a violin section and I’ve been reliant on hearing the other musicians putting up their instruments and then guessing roughly when to come in.” Now, there’s no guessing.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-baton-idUSKCN1QL1CK
