Re: Camera That Talks
- From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" <mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:42:29 -0700
Greetings All.
I wonder how well the talking camera compensates for the picture being out
of whack as I am sure the camera is not aimed directly where it should be
most of the time.
As to the delay, if I was killing time reading a print magazine or something
like that, I don't think that long a wait would be that big a deal.
From an orientation and mobility perspective, I could see that the camera
could be useful (help might be needed) in capturing the image through
pictures of the various signs of what is on the block and between which
establishments, for instance, the bus stop is located. I am guessing that
that would not be a one-shot deal.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ham Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Camera That Talks
> Charles,
>
> I think this isn't a real workable idea. If one had a camera such as the
> NFB Reader, which operates by taking a picture of a page from about
> sixteen
> inches away, depending on material, there wouldn't be the immediate
> feedback
> which we have in an optacon. This was the main drawback to Oleg's P2RD
> machine, IMO. YOu could not easily scan an image and look for certain
> areas
> without zooming in and retaking the picture, if it were possible to do.
>
> A second delay in the KNFB implementation is that there is about an eight
> second delay from when you snap the pictyure until it goes through its
> auto-focusing routine and actually snaps the picture.
>
> Yes, it will read some rounded containers; probably a 90 degree swath, not
> really sure on how wide of a band it will read, but it can't be much wider
> than that.
>
> Steve
> Lansing, MI
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Pond" <dg140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Camera That Talks
>
>
>> rather than simply rebuilding the optacon using the original circuit
>> designs with today's technology, it might be sensible to build a
>> USB-compatible tactile array in a box with the needed controls, and plug
>> it into something like this "camera that talks". I other words, alter
>> and
>> refine oleg's readiog machine-based approach. Does it make sense to
>> re-develop a stand-alone optacon? From what I am piecing together over
>> time of how the optacon R1D and II work (here a little, there a little),
>> and with today's technology, it would seem feasible to build an optacon
>> about the size of a cassette tape case or thereabouts. (maybe not
>> including battery?)
>>
>> Charles
>>
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