RE: The Optacon wow! good explanation
- From: Carmichael Kimberly J - CS <Kimberly.J.Carmichael@xxxxxxx>
- To: "'jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:58:11 -0400
They have been promising that this product will be out for quite a while
now, and it doesn't appear that they are any closer to a release now than
they were the 4th quarter of last year. I think it will be great if they
ever come out with it.
Kim Carmichael
Atlanta Wage & Investment
<mailto: kimberly.j.carmichael@xxxxxxx>
Phone: 678-530-7005
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gary King
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 2:53 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: The Optacon wow! good explanation
Well, according to the information on the site, they got the rights to build
the device from Blazie. The P2RD would be great if it does all they say it
will do, but who has ever seen one? I don't think I'm brave enough, if
brave is the word I'm looking for, to plunk down a $950 deposit just to see
if they will come through with a Portable Print Reading Device.
Gary King
mailto:w4wkz@xxxxxxxx
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From: "Francis Daniels" <fdaniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: The Optacon wow! good explanation
> Hi Gary,
>
> Thank you for posting the web site for the New Optacon. You are
> right, though. I went there hoping, know what I mean?
>
> It's definitely not an Optacon, as far as I can tell from the
> description. It uses a megapixel digital camera that images a page at
> a time, performs OCR on it, and then reads it aloud. A braille
> diaplay will come later. They want $2950, paid in advance, before they
> ship.
>
> There's other stuff, but it's not an Optacon. Sigh.
>
> I appreciate your research, too. Maybe we can get Deane Blazie off
> his
boat
> and revive the device. But then, he's having too much fun.
>
> Francis
>
>
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