[optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
- From: Keith Shaw <scitech200@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:38:34 -0800 (PST)
Jim and list members,
Jim, thank you very much for the extensive draft of a new Optacon design.
Hopefully it will inspire some engineers to get involved and comment in the
spirit of an open source discussion.
As I recall, one of the definitive technical documents is a final report for
the 5-year project at Stanford to develop the Optacon under a grant from a
federal agency. According to my archived notes, it's a 70-plus page document
that includes abstracts of theses prepared by Linvill's students along with
references to many engineering papers directly related to the Optacon.
Unfortunately, I no longer have access to this report. Maybe you can locate a
copy?
For any engineer that is seriously interested in the design of a new Optacon
it's a "must read" document.
This may be the information describing the document:
Subject: Research and Development of Tactile Facsimile Reading Aid for the
Blind (The Optacon).
Final Report.
Authors: Linvill, John G.
Date: 1973-03-00
Institution: Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Electronics Labs.
Grant agency: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
It will be in the public domain, but it could take some work to retrieve it.
FWIW, Keith
PS. I'll try to find time this evening to give you some feedback on the draft.
----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Bliss <jamescbliss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:43:24 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon article from January 2009 Braille Forum
Mary,
Thanks for sending the Optacon article. It inspired me to write the
following draft of new Optacon ideas. I would be interested in any feedback
from the Listserv.
Jim Bliss
*New Optacon Design Ideas*
*by James C. Bliss*
*1/26/09*
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