[optacon-l] Re: open source and open design for the optacon
- From: Jim Bliss <jamescbliss@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:24:34 -0800
Ollie,
I think the web link is now available, but Picasa would only let be upload
100 MB which is not more than a picture. Watching the movie is much more
impressive because it shows how effective the user was in getting
information from the screen.
Maybe I should try putting it on Youtube?
Jim Bliss
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Hasbarah <hasbarah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim and list,
> It's a pity that the attachment is not available, as Judy reported.
> It would have made a difference, no doubt. I'd never heard of such a
> device, otherwise I would definitely got myself one...
>
> By the way, I repeat the offer: should anyone still be interested in
> a Selectric lens, I have one I'd happily donate.
> I'm in Italy, so it would have to travel a bit to reach anyone on
> this list, but I'd love to giv it to anyone that needs it.
> Ciao,
> Ollie
>
>
>
> At 02.03 27/01/2009, you wrote:
> >Ollie and Mary,
> >Telesensory sold an attachment that fitted on a normal upright CRT monitor
> >and held the Optacon CRT lens attachment and allowed the user to move the
> >Optacon camera over the screen. I have a very short movie clip that shows
> a
> >person using this. It might be available at:
> >
> >
> http://picasaweb.google.com/jamescbliss/MovieMaker11?authkey=agENpexX_qw#5295771039529487154
> >
> >Jim Bliss
> >
> >On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:02 PM, <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Ollie,
> > >
> > > I have read LCD screens with the optacon for years, using the regular
> > > optacon lens in Windows; perhaps others have, also. I can read a laptop
> > > screen either straight up or somewhat flattened. When I was at IBM,
> they
> > > built me a table so that I could have a CRT screen placed flat on its
> back,
> > > and I used it that way for the first 15 years of my career. I don't
> have
> > > such a table here at home, so if I use a screen of any type (preferably
> > > LCD), I make it as flat as possible, although when it's on the laptop
> or on
> > > a stand, it's slanted and not entirely flat, but easier to read that
> way.
> > > Other people probably have other methods and will probably mention
> them.
> > >
> > > Mary
> > >
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