Re: Camera That Talks
- From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:54:20 -0700
I'll take an Optacon too. But one thing. There's really nothing wrong with a
reading machine that's smaller and maybe even more accurate. there is
certainly a place for such a device.
But, it still relies on software/hardware to do the recognition and if it can't
recognize what it sees, you're out of luck.
The problem really isn't with the machine itself, but rather all the hype that
goes with it.
One real problem with the Optacon was that it was presented as a device which
would allow the user to read everything easily. As we all know, the
learning curve was a lot steeper than that.
This new scanning device is being touted in the same way. The deficiencies may
be different, but the misrepresentation amounts to the same thing.
But, I suppose I'm preaching to the choir again. <smile>
Don
On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:44:09 -0400, Anthony Vece wrote:
Hi Cindy;
Give me an OPTACON any day.
Anthony
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From: "Cynthia Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: Camera That Talks
> The price of the KNFB Reader is, I believe, $3295.
> Cindy
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> From: <Gailselfridge@xxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Camera That Talks
> Has the price of this KNFB device been announced yet? And a talking device
> that's portable is great, but it won't do what the optacon can do as far
> as
> making diagrams and maps available to us via touch. That is in my opinion
> why a
> tactile device can do so much more. Some of us work with circuit diagrams
> and
> musical notation and black and white maps. Scanning or pictorial devices
> won't
> make these things available to us.
> Gail
> 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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