[optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
- From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:44:22 -0800
Excuse me for butting in, but if you use something that scans into pdf it
may just put in the image; rather than the OCR of the text, which would
render it inaccessible to any person who is using a screen reader.
If the paper is not full of graphs that won't scan for blind users; I'll be
happy to scan it with Openbook and get my sighted wife to help proof it.
Then it could be posted just about anywhere.
I was trained at Telesensory in winter 1972-73 on the OPTACON. I'd love to
see a new one, so I'd be glad to help.
Richard
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Keith Shaw
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:55 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
Jim,
Your having these documents available is very good news!
The most convenient way to make them widely available seems to be as PDF
files. But this involves scanning with software that automatically
constructs a complete PDF document.
I'm not sure how best to proceed, but it's definitely a worthwhile task.
I'll doing some checking around and maybe other list members will also give
us some input.
I wonder if Judy Adams has access to a suitable scanner system?
Thanks,
Keith
----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Bliss <jamescbliss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:19:57 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
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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