hi, looks promising! however i've got to laugh when they use phrases such as "more affordable" and then throw $3000-6000 prices at us. must admit though, wish i'd had one of these multi-line displays when i was working in a call-centre! smile. life would have been a million times easier. kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list. email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: [access-uk] Fw: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays > There have been rumours of multi-line Braille displays, even full > page displays, so I hope this anouncement won't prove to be > raising peoples' hopes too high. If it comes to pass then > Braille could have a brighter future. > Ray > > Personal emails: Email me at > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Duran" <brlinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <comments@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:22 AM > Subject: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays > > > > > PRESS RELEASE > > January 18, 2005 > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > BRAILLE DISPLAYS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE! > > Peter Duran, VP Sales & Marketing > Tactile Dynamics, Inc. > 110 Commerce Drive, Suite 210 > Fayetteville, GA 30214 > Toll Free: 877-993-4994 > E-mail: comments@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Save your money! Don't buy a single-line braille display when > you can have > access to a multi-line or full-page braille display in the near > future. > > Single-line braille displays are still too expensive even though > two of the > leaders in braille technology recently announced price > reductions. Freedom > Scientific announced 2 new Focus refreshable braille displays: > Focus 40 > with 40 braille cells at $3,495 and Focus 80 with 80 braille > cells at > $6,995. Freedom Scientific also announced lower prices for its > PAC Mate 20 > and 40 braille displays: PAC Mate 20 with 20 braille cells at > $1400 and PAC > Mate 40 with 40 braille cells at $3200. Optelec announced 2 new > braille > displays: Braille Voyager 44 with 44 braille cells at $3,495 and > the > Braille Voyager 70 with 70 braille cells at $5,995. Moreover, > current > braille display technology offers minimal text presentation a > major > drawback of all refreshable braille displays currently on the > market. > > Fortunately, Tactile Dynamics, Inc. (TDI) has a solution to both > problems. With its recently patented refreshable braille display > technology (US Patent #6819228) TDI will lower prices > significantly and > radically increase the amount of text displayed. This > revolutionary new > technology makes multi-line and full-page braille displays > feasible and > truly affordable. TDI will initially offer two text-only > refreshable > braille displays (trbd's). > > Braille Messenger(TM): A trbd for 6- and 8-dot braille with > display area > 20 characters wide by 6 or 5 rows high able to display 120 > characters in > 6-dot format or 100 characters in 8-dot format priced at $2,650. > Braille > device manufacturers can bundle this trbd with their proprietary > software > and hardware (via a USB 2.0 port connection) to provide devices > suitable > for refreshable braille text messages. > > Braille Book Reader(TM): A trbd for 6- and 8-dot braille with > display area > 40 characters wide by 25 or 21 rows high able to display 1000 > characters > in 6-dot format or 820 characters in 8-dot format priced at > $5,260. Braille device manufacturers and DAISY book developers > can bundle > this trbd with their proprietary software and hardware (via a USB > 2.0 port > connection) to provide computer output devices and full-page > braille book > readers. > > These 2 trbd's will permit manufacturers of assistive technology > to offer > innovative products with affordable braille text displays. They > will encourage mainstream manufacturers of appliances, cell > phones, etc. > to provide braille add-ons to their products. > TDI will present a paper on this innovative braille technology at > the 2005 > CSUN Conference. Here are the conference details: > > Conference Dates and Locations: > March 14-19, 2005 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport and the Los > Angeles > Airport Marriott Hotels > > Paper Presentation Schedule and Location: > Session ID: C05G2179 > Title: Portable Full-Page Braille & Tactile Graphics Display > Presenter: Larry Jenkins > Day/Date: Friday, March 18, 2005 > Start Time: 3:20 PM; End Time: 3:50 PM > Location: Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel, Denver Room > www.csun.edu/cod > > Please forward this announcement to any pertinent Internet lists, > newsgroups, braille advocacy groups, foundations, or potential > braille > product developers. Urge your braille vendor to contact us about > reseller > participation. > > You may get further details about TDI's braille technology by > sending an > e-mail to comments@xxxxxxxxxxxx Put "trbd" in the subject line. > > > > > > <*> To contact the moderator, send an email to: > blindwebbers-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Yahoo! 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