[optacon-l] Re: Pins in the Tactile Array

  • From: "Effie Boyd" <starlyte@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:12:44 -0500

I agree with you on the two Optacons.  I think the pins are better protected 
from dust on the R1D.

Effie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ninette Legates" <ninette.legates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:32 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Pins in the Tactile Array


> Regarding the tactile array, I much prefer the one on the R1D. I also
> consider the design of the R1D better than the Optacon 2.--Ninette
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 4:59 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Pins in the Tactile Array
>
>
>> There may be more factors thanwe have isolated governing what we can read
>> with how many pins in the array. Someprint may not be effected by the
>> denser array which is a higher resolution. Some fingers may be so
>> sensitive that again the number of array pins may not matter, and as has
>> been mentioned, some read better with a lesser number of pins. We do have
>> a large amount of testimony in the form of mesages by users stating that
>> the Optacon II simply is not as clear as the r1d. Personally, there are
>> many things I can read with the r1d that I could barely make out with the
>> Optacon II. But since this does not appear to be the universal vies, we
>> will have to keep in mind a choice of arrays in any new Optacon design.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -Catherine Thomas
>> braille@xxxxxxxxx                     /
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