I don't want even a digital image picture. Mike On Thu, 11 May 2006, Christo de Klerk wrote: > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > -Catherine Thomas > braille@xxxxxxxxx / > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > > __________ NOD32 1.1531 (20060511) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.