RE: How would the one-handed Optacon work? was a wish list
- From: "Christo de Klerk" <cjdk@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 17:46:33 +0200
Hi all
This idea occurred to me, I suppose, inspired by the new NFB Reader. Perhaps
the following could work for one-handed operation, but I can see many other
interesting spin-offs as well. A digital camera is used to take an image of
the whole page or whatever is to be read. The image is transferred to the
main unit. The main unit has the tactile array just like our Optacons have
today, but the entire image is in its memory. It doesn't perform OCR on the
image, but allows the user to read the image in its memory by feeling the
array. One immediate advantage of this is that one could then easily save
one's current position when reading is interrupted and resume reading easily
later.
Regards
Christo
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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: 11 May 2006 05:32 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: How would the one-handed Optacon work? was a wish list
I wonder if there would be a way of making the two pieces modular--for
one-handed or two-handed use. What would happen to the zoom lens? In my
picture, the camera is on the bottom and the array is on the top. In Dave's
description, the camera suddenly became a mouse.
I used the Optacon II screen-reading program for six years and that program
really did have a mouse. Rather than touching the actual monitor with the
CRT lens, the computer screen image was transferred to a mousepad. If you
were in a word processor, the image followed the cursor and was controlled
by the keyboard. Those poor arrrow keys got a lot of use. Also, the program
had an automatic scan. With a combination of mouse buttons the program would
read a whole line of screen or the whole page if you wanted. The actile
array was the same as always. Only the camera method changed.
I'm still having trouble transferring the concept to a print page and still
protecting us form being subjected to pre-scanning. Again, I'm not
criticizing. I'm just confused.
Catherine
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