Mike, I hadn't read this message when I wrote my previous one. that's exactly wwhat I mean... Thanks for making it clear! Cheers, Olga In 18:14 15/11/2004 -0800, hai scritto: >I think the VideoTIM suffers from the same drawback as the P2RD: one >examines an image already scanned in. In other words, there still isn't the >immediate tactile feedback of mechanically scanning an image and observing >it without mediation other than translation from visual to tactile elements. > >I think the digital generation today just doesn't get it; it doesn't >understand the premium we Optacon aficionados place on hands-on examination >of images *without* mediation. > >Mike > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rachel" <rachel720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 4:57 PM >Subject: Re: optacon on Ipaq > > >> Well, again, I ask what the advantage of the P2RD is over mainstream OCR >> programs. It almost seems as if Oleg's barking up the wrong tree, >> developing a product that there isn't even much interest in. Too bad the >> VideoTIM's so expensive, as that sounds to me to be the product we're all >> searching for. >> Or maybe I'm wrong. You tell me. >> Rachel >> >> >> 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 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 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.