My intensity is most often set at 10, but if I read for a long period of time I might turn it down to 8 or 7. Korene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bliss" <jamescbliss@xxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:25 PM Subject: [optacon-l] We need your help in tactile display design > Optacon Users > I am working with a group at Zone 24X7 and SRI that has a National Science > Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) to > evaluate > the feasibility of a totally different technology in tactile displays. > We > don't know to what extent this technology will be useful in a new Optacon, > but if it is, it has the potential of greatly reducing the cost of the > Optacon array. We are only at the beginning of this research and we would > like your help in determining the range of tactile stimulator intensity > needed. > > Imagine that the Optacon Intensity knob had a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 > being the current Optacon's minimum intensity and 10 being the maximum > intensity. Now estimate where along this scale you like to read with the > Optacon. If you set the knob half way between minimum and maximum, your > answer would be 5, if you set the knob 80% of the way from minimum to > maximum, your answer would be 8, and so on. Also it would be useful for > us > to know for each of you what level is too intense, and what the minimum > usable level is. > > I would like to you to email your answer back to me to with these three > numbers: > > Minimum useful intensity: ______ > > The intensity you use most: ______ > > Maximum useful intensity: ______. > > I hope to get 50 or more responses from this listserv. I'll report the > results of this survey back to the listserv. Thanks for your help. > > Jim Bliss > > > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.