Re: a modernized optacon
- From: Rachel <rachel720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:53:47 -0500
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
> >
> >
> >
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> > -Catherine Thomas
> > braille@xxxxxxxxx /
> >
> >
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