What a fantastic idea! I am not tech savvy, so could not do
this, but I definitely recognize that is a BINGO!!!
Best from,
Carolyn
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Hi Carolyn,
I would forget about organizations for the blind for now.
They already have their projects and priorities which they
don't want to change. Many younger people don't find
organizations for the blind relevant. We need to target a
different audience. I would do that by having very
professionally created videos on YouTube, and Facebook.
People will be interested if they can see and/or hear
something in action. It's possible that a sighted person
would see something, and be interested enough in it to tell
the blind people they know about the optacon. The important
thing is communicating with people through social media
rather than through official channels.
Once people know what an optacon is, and what it could do,
then someone could approach the open source community, and
launch a funding campaign.
The funding would be the most difficult part, unless someone
can promote the work Charles has already done. Someone with
business acumen would need to do a cost-benefit analysis to
see how realistic a new optacon would be.
What everyone can start doing is telling people about the
optacon. Create comments on Twitter and Facebook. If you
have a sighted friend or family member with a camera, get
them to take a picture of you using an optacon, and then
share it publicly on your Facebook timelines. If people
like your post, then they may 'like' or comment on it, or
share the post with people on their timelines. This would
generate some excitement and momentum to move the project
forward. If ACB and NFB see that there is enough momentum
behind this project, than they would want to get involved.
A number opf years ago someone wrote a good article for the
Braille Forum about the optacon, but the article didn't
generate any enthusiasm. I think people would rather see
something in action than reading about it in a lengthy
article. Tweets and short blog entries could get the
message across.
I don't feel qualified to write about the optacon. I
haven't used one in 30 years, and don't have one either. If
I had one, and knew how to use it effectively, I could get
someone to make a nice video to put up on my Facebook page.
I do hae a lot of Facebook friends, and also use Youtube and
twitter all the time.
Thanks,
Dan
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Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 7:18 PM
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Subject: [optacon-l] Re: New Optacon
David, maybe, if you ever met the president of NFB at a
convention or somewhere and had your Optacon, you could
convince him.
Best from,
Carolyn
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Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 7:03 PM
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Subject: [optacon-l] New Optacon
Hi all,
Has anyone heard from Charles lately and anything about the
new Optacon project?
I pray for Charles, because I know his health was not good.
Also, I have tried to talk to the president of the NFB, and
he will not respond to my messages about giving to a new
Optacon project. I even told him that I read math and
science texts with the Optacon without the need for software
that costs thousands to do OCR on math symbols. I felt
graphs, and everything on the printed page of a math book
with the Optacon, and I can now show a sighted person what
the math looks like, because I felt it with the Optacon. I
pray that Charles is okay, and still working on his dream.
Please let me know if you have heard anything new regarding
the new Optacon!
Great to see you on here, Judy, and hearing about how you
are reading knitting instructions and charts.
That is great.
Take care, all.
David Moore
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