[optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
- From: Jim Bliss <jamescbliss@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:19:57 -0800
Keith,
I have a copy of the final report you mention as well as some of the other
thesis done on the Optacon. All of this information is in the public
domain. Let me know if there is a way to make this widely accessible.
Jim Bliss
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Keith Shaw <scitech200@xxxxxxxxx> 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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