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Astronomers have created a device that can help those with vision loss “hear” the upcoming solar eclipse. Allyson Bieryla describes the Lightsound device. “It's a tool we developed, thinking of the blind and low vision community … as a way to experience a solar eclipse with sound," she said.


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