[optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey

  • From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:05:58 -0400

I hope he changes his idea to something like the Optacon.  It would be much 
more useful than another piece of high-tech travel equipment, which doesn't 
get much use and is way to expensive; IMO.

Cindy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pacovey" <misscat@xxxxxxxx>
To: "optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:03 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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