Re: Camera That Talks
- From: "Anthony Vece" <ajvece@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:24:14 -0400
I'm sure their will be.
I'm not putting the unit down.
I'm simply saying that right now I heard it has a lot of bugs and until they
are resolved, it is not worth my money.
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cynthia Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: Camera That Talks
>I understand that there's supposed to be some improvement in reading curved
> surfaces, in future software upgrades of the KNFB Reader.
>
> Cindy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ham Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:35 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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