[accessibleimage] Re: Dream Machine

Amen to the dark chocolate! My dream machine would be able to do the following:
1. It would be able to display tactile graphics using a hopefully new, 
revolutionary refreshable Braille display technology.
2. It would either be able to print and/or emboss graphics or have the 
capability of connecting to a printer or embosser via cable or bluetooth.
3. It would incorporate a highly advanced scientific/graphing calculator with 
which one could easily create and display graphs. This technology would not 
only be useful for those taking  general math classes, but could also perform 
highly advanced calculations for those of us who take advanced math and science 
classes or who rely on the use of graphics in their careers.
4. It could switch between two modes--review mode, in which one could examine a 
graph--and edit mode, in which one could press a point on the display to create 
a data point or line.
5. This device would be reasonably priced.
6. The display would have high enough resolution so that one could create 
graphs with accurately-spaced Braille and lines of varying consistencies.
7. The display would have a thin and flexible, yet durable overlay so that dust 
particles could not easily clog the display and cleanings and other display 
maintenance would therefore not be performed as frequently as with refreshable 
Braille devices currently in use today.
8. Documentation would be understandable to people of varying technological 
abilities and, as with the BrailleNote and other electronic devices, the 
complete documentation file could be accessed from the unit itself. Quality 
technical support would also be readily available.
9. Graphic labels could be displayed in Nemeth, literary or dots Plus Braille. 
The user could choose the preferred Braille code.

Maybe this device could simply be a display which could be used in conjunction 
with a program loaded onto one's BrailleNote, Pac Mate or other notetaker for 
those who own one. All graphics, calculations and other data could be saved 
onto the notetaker or external peripheral and could be transferred 
electronically, such as to a math or science teacher or to a colleague. As a 
high school student who is currently taking advanced placement statistics, I 
cannot emphasize how often I have dreamed of such a machine! Hopefully this 
functionality will be implemented into a device sometime soon. In the meantime, 
I will just have to keep dreaming!--and taking advantage
of all of the great new technology which is being released and which I 
currently own.

Lindsay
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Susan Mooney 
  To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 7:10 AM
  Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Dream Machine


  My dream machine would be as affordable as a print printer and definitely 
idiot-proof.  The manual for said machine would be user-friendly and it would 
come with a nice tutorial to learn how to use the printer easily.  Although the 
cappuccino option is a nice touch, I would prefer that it rewarded me, 
Pavlovian style, with a piece of dark chocolate whenever I produced a beautiful 
tactile graphic.  It would be portable so that I could take it along and work 
on graphics while at my daughter's javelin practices.  And it would be whisper 
quiet so that my family doesn't have to go around holding their ears while it 
merrily printed (and dispensed chocolates). Like a car, it would have a 
bumper-to-bumper warranty for the first 3 years or 30,000 graphics, whichever 
came first.  Wouldst that I were a relative of Bill Gates so that I could build 
this machine! sigh!!

  Susan Mooney

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