[optacon-l] Re: Optacon article - new optacon
- From: Hasbarah <hasbarah@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:33:25 +0100
Keith,
Making a pdf document from a scan is no problem. Very common
commercial software, like Finereader for instance, give you the
option of saving documents as pdf - both image or text, both as
individual pages, and as whole pdf documents.
I found one site that says the document is availaboe at Stanford on
microfiche; unfortunately that's no good for us to handle, I'm
afraid... But if someone has access to Stanford library, it might be
possible to obtain a digital copy. No idea how things work over
there. Here in Italy it would be terribly difficult; bureaucracy is
awful on this side of the world... (smile).
Hope something can be done...
Ciao,
Ollie
At 13.55 28/01/2009, you wrote:
>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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