Re: How would this work? was a wish list

  • From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:34:12 -0500

They are!  They make a much prettier sound.  (grin)  But there's a focal length 
and resolution problem with digital cameras.

Nick

On Thu, 11 May 2006 14:25:33 -0500, eggmann wrote:

 Someone who believes that steam engines are still better than diesels?

 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij@xxxxxxxxx>
 To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:39 PM
 Subject: RE: How would this work? was a wish list


 The array is bigger than the camera is wide. You'd have to make the
 camera bigger, thus conflicting with other items on the wish-list.

 And the wish-list is, to put it diplomatically, something out of Alice
 and Wonderland. (grin)

 Mike

 On Thu, 11 May 2006, Sherman, Becky wrote:

 > It seems to me that it wouldn't need to be any bigger than the camera.
 > The rollers and camera could be on the bottom, of course, and the array
 > could sit right on top so that as you rolled the camera across, your
 > index finger--or whichever one you use--could be in the array.  How does
 > that soulnd?=20
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
 > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:49 AM
 > To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > Subject: How would this work? was a wish list
 >
 > 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
 >
 >
 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > ------
 > -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. =20
 >
 > 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. =20
 >
 >
 > 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. 

 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.  

Other related posts: