Re: a modernized optacon
- From: philwh@xxxxxxxx
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:28:36 -0500
Hi.
I have no idea. I had lunch with him a few years ago, just before
he started development of the p2rd.
I told him what I thought a person would want
in an optacon, and I stressed the
ability to read in real time,
and have a tactile array just like the optacon.
I thought he understood, but apparently not.
I was supposed to work ont he project, but then
I moved away from stuart, and lost contact with him.
perhaps if I had been in on the project,
maybe we would have something that we could use.
phil
On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 12:53:47AM -0500, Rachel wrote:
> Probably all true, Phil; but why is Oleg seemingly wasting his time on a
> project that no one even seems to approve of? Why doesn't he seek our
> opinions re the development of this new machine?
> Rachel
> At 11:18 PM 11/17/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi.
> >to be flippent, it would only tkae piles and piles of money,
> >and a dedicated group of people,
> >and a manufacturer willing to
> >fabricate the specialized components
> >and about 2 years of research and development.
> >
> >and when I say piles of money, probably
> >i am guessing, perhaps 5 or 10 million dollars.
> >
> >phil
> >
> >On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 07:41:14PM -0500, Catherine Thomas wrote:
> > > The optacon I want is mostly like the r1d. It operates without benefit of
> > > a computer or electricity. The batteries are replaceable by the user. The
> > > fine-tuning adjustment is even finer than the r1d. It's modules include
> > > lenses and or software to dothe following: to read some additionalcolors
> > > in hard copy and some additional print sizes. Software and lenses to read
> > > print on cd desplays, tv screens and computer monitors. The computer
> > > programs should be small enough to fit on portable items such as cd's and
> > > floppy disks so that they can be carried and used on every machine a user
> > > might need to access. This is what I want.
> > > I don't want a scanner, I don't want speech, I don't even want braille. If
> > > the image is made by some digitizing process, that's okay as long as the
> > > ability to fine-tune the image is not interfered with. I want to see my
> > > hard copy clearer and better than ever. I want to read the print that
> > > appears on the new inaccessible serfaces. What would it take to create
> > > such a thing? That's what I really would like to know. If there were such
> > > a device, we could easily develop the training programs to teach new
> > > users.
> > > Catherine
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -Catherine Thomas
> > > braille@xxxxxxxxx /
> > >
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