[optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
- From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:48:15 -0400
Marie's view certainly isn't the majority view on this, I believe. The
denser arrays in the R1's have a better feel and more definition than the
5x20 matrix in the Optacon 2's.
Steve
Lansing, MI
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From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:59 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
> Interesting to learn that. I would have guessed more dots would be better
> than fewer.
>
> In God We Trust,
>
> Carolyn
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> From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:34 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
>
>
> Nothing, but as we get older, our sense of touch changes a little bit, and
> I
> saw one with a 100-pin array which was easier to read.
>
> Marie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:32 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
>
>
>> What's wrong with the 144 pin tactile array?
>>
>> In God We Trust,
>>
>> Carolyn
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:18 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
>>
>>
>> I hope someone will revive and possibly redesign the Optacon and shape it
>> into a newer form of itself. It would be nice to have a slimmer version
>> and
>> a battery that lasts longer and takes less time to recharge. What do you
>> think? And I would like to see a 100-pin tactile array.
>>
>> Marie
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "pacovey" <misscat@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: "optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:03 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] from Peggy Covey
>>
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> Every once in awhile, someone comes along who wants to do something for
>>> us
>>> blind folks. Last sunday I met with a student from the University of
>>> Cincinnati School of Design. He is interested in inventing a device that
>>> would be cheap and assist with travel. It would combine lasers and
>>> vibrating motors to impart information. I talked with him, then invited
>>> him to my home. You might say, I pulled him in to the deep end. He saw
>>> everything in my office including the OPTACON. Of course, he had never
>>> heard of it and was fascinated with it. He was able to recognize a few
>>> letters. He appreciated the potential of it and wondered why it is
>>> considered "old technology". I don't know what his project will be now
>>> but
>>> it was fun spending three hours with him.
>>>
>>>
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