[optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
- From: Hasbarah <hasbarah@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:40:34 +0100
Keith,
It looks interesting. I'm searching the web, but the only thing I can
find is an article, about 4 pages long, and for sale.
I am a member of the World Ebook Library, and I looked it up in there
too. They have over 500.000 ebooks and documents, but nothing on this one.
Hopefully, as you say, Jim has got a copy...
Along these lines, would it be possible to find some sort of
"repository" where we could all place the documents we find and wish
to share on this topic?
Does Freelists provide this kind of space, as Yahoo or Googlegroups would?
Cheers,
Ollie
At 15.38 27/01/2009, you wrote:
>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*
>[snip]
>
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