optacon on ipaq
- From: philwh@xxxxxxxx
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:39:57 -0500
Sharon, the ipaq or however it is spelled
isn't anything like
the pacmate.
the ipaq is a commercially available
pda made by hp.
the pacmate is a proprietary device manufactured by fs.
I doubt that fs would be interested in developint
a tactile display for the pacmate.
they had that chance a few years ago,
and canceled the project to
develop a new optacon.
by the way charls, the approach
that you have suggested is
essentially what oleg is doing with the
p2rd.
he uses a standard digital camera, either a 7 megapixel or 8
megapixel camera, users choice,
and plugs it into an off the shelf
pda.
the only thing missing on his machine, is the tactile display
like the optaco has.
he claims he is still developing a display,
but no info on what it will be like.
he doesn't say if it will be
like the one he originally talked about, the
one that uses relatively widely spaced
braille dots, or if it will be
more like the optacon display.
he does say, his device can be connected to a braille display
as it stands now.
phil
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