[optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
- From: "Karla Westjohn" <kawstjhn@xxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:36:48 -0600
Will the do-gooders PLEASE knock it off with the vibrations! Who wants
extraneous vibrations when accurate sensory cues, which come from the actual
surroundings, are available--along with accurate information about the
environment, gleaned before or during travel? We get sentient travel
information about overheads and locations from real intelligence now; it's
called a guide dog. Vibrations tell one absolutely nothing of value. Let's
hope this burgeoning researcher does what good research dictates: namely,
becoming acquainted with the subject matter, blind people with good travel
skills, before devising some hair-brained scheme which does nothing but cost
money.
Karla Westjohn ----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:05 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
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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