Re: Camera That Talks
- From: "Francesca Diodati" <mdiodat@xxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 19:04:46 +0200
I totally agree with everything you say, Katherine. I also agree with Rose
that such a device would be useful, and I sure wouldn't mind owning one.
However, sadly it wouldn't have anything to do with an optacon replacement.
Fran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Camera That Talks
> Personally, I don't want anything else speaking at me. As Mry mentioned,
> some of us can't hear all that well, if at all.
> As to the controls for testing, it's well-known that the pages used for
> exhibiting these devices are flawless.
> The only true control test for an Optacon user would be reading the same
> material with the Optacon and with this other device. All of us who have
> used the Optacon to re-examine scanned documents can testify to the fact
> that there is often missing text, layouts which are interpreted
> incorrectly, (two columns hopelessly combined for example), and layouts
> that are just not clear in speech--we won't even discuss pronunciation.
> In our work these past twelve weeks we have isolated many uses of the
> Optacon that can't be replicated by other current devices. If this new
> camera can scan round things, that's great.
> If this particular type of camera can fit into tiny places, which is one
> of our big wishes, maybe can borrow its design. I still want and need an
> Optacon. This thing sounds like all the other things I've read about over
> past years. It's still not what I want.
> Catherine
>
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