The scary thing is that next genblind people don't care or realize the power of
independence they could have in their hands.
Judy
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Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 10:44 AM
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Subject: [optacon-l] Re: New Optacon
Hi Dave!
Thanks for spreading the word about the optacon. We need an optacon evangelist
like you to show what this wonderful device can do to open up things to people
with no sight that the sighted world takes for granted. I think the sighted
world in general just doesn't understand what an optacon is or what all it can
do. Those in the agencies think it's just obsolete technology, since they
haven't been made since 1996, I think it was and Charles has not made his
optacon into anything beyond a prototype yet. I sure hope he succeeds in
getting this optacon 3 marketed.
Debby
At 05:35 AM 7/29/2017, David Moore wrote
Hi Dan!
Thanks a lot for this great idea!
I will have my wife take a picture of me using the Optacon, and I will
put it on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, and put it on youtube as a
video. I really want young people to see how I can use the Optacon to
do so many awesome tasks that today’s technology cannot come close to doing!
I will get on it LOL!
Thanks!
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From: dan.tevelde@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 9:28 PM
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Subject: [optacon-l] Re: New Optacon
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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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 7:18 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Moore
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 7:03 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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