Re: How would this work? was a wish list
- From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 21:49:47 -0700
My thinking is that the array on a one-handed Optacon would have to be
awfully small in order to fit on the top of a camera, and there would be
fewer pins to jut in and out on the finger. I fear this wouldn't allow for
as large a display. Yet, I certainly understand the desirability of
increased portability and decreased overall machine size. No matter what
the drawbacks might be, however, the concept, in my view, is certainly worth
consideration.
Linda Gehres
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From: "eggmann" <eggmann@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: How would this work? was a wish list
> Seems to me that having the tactile display under the same hand as the
> camera would only add to the direct contact with the print, much like
> Braille. I do agree that there might be a problem of bulk. While I
> strongly suspect that one chip could likely take care of the total
> circuitry
> currently contained in our present models, perhaps the downsizing of the
> actuators for the display may not be realistically possible. And that,
> gentle readers, seems to be the sticking point--it's the actual mechanical
> parts which would necessitate some bulk; thus we are still needing a
> two-handed situation for reasons of utility.
>
> Give that is the case, the total unit, it seems to me, might be about the
> size of a bookport.
>
> Just a not for the ways in which I often use my optacon--I think that an
> advantage of the pre-canon models was that the hand went inside the unit.
> So, I could actually lift up my left hand and move the optacon say, across
> the top of several side by side filing cabinets while manipulating the
> camera. I think I'm not saying what I mean as well as I would like but
> feedback may improve what I meant, perhaps not what I said.
>
> Doug: " Me? Scrambled Eggs?
> I'm having trouble picturing the logistics of the one-handed Optacon. The
> only picture I can come up with is that the camera and the array would be
> one unit so we would only have one piece to hold onto. I think the device
> would still take two hands to operate because we couldn't track and read
> with the same hand, could we? The other question: I have trouble fitting
> the camera into tight places now. If it were somehow bigger because it had
> the array as a part of it, how could it fit anywhere? This is not a
> criticism of the idea. I just can't figure out how this works.
> Catherine
>
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