[optacon-l] Re: Optacon Handout
- From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:53:20 -0600
Hi,
Where can I find the optacon-e list?
Thanks.
Chase Crispin
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-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:40 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Optacon Handout
Below is text put together in 2006 for the summer convention season
explaining about the Optacon. Feel free to use it to post to other lists,
share with magazines and newsletters, and also with individuals who may or
may not have ever heard of the Optacon.
Here is the text. Feel free to add your own personal touches.
OPTACON USERS UNITE TO PRESERVE VALUABLE READING DEVICE
The Optacon user list would like to share the following information
with all current and former Optacon users.
1. The Optacons can still be repaired. There are repairers located in
the U.S., Canada, England and Australia.
2. We are seeking all non-working or unused Optacons. These will be
repaired and put back into circulation.
3. We invite all current Optacon users to fill out a brief survey
describing their experiences both negative and positive.
4. If we can collect enough survey data, there is a possibility of
re-developing the Optacon with modern circuitry to read some of the types of
modern displays which other devices cannot read at this time.
5. There is a very active Optacon e-list where users share experiences
and make plans for the future of the Optacon.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE ABOVE OR HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL braille@xxxxxxxxxx Thank you.
WHAT IS AN OPTACON?
Invented in the early 1970's, the Optacon uses a hand-held camera to
explore a print document and convert the picture of what it finds onto a
small tactile array composed of vibrating pins. The tactile picture is very
tiny--about the size of a standard print letter or number. With practice,
the user can move the camera over the printed material and read the images
on the tactile array. The Optacon was manufactured until the early 1990's.
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