[optacon-l] Re: interesting new technology
- From: Edward Crawford <e.crawford@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 05:12:59 +0000
Hi,
There's a good reason why a small research team would have done this on an
Android tablet first.
On Android, any programmer can write some software and easily load it onto an
Android tablet or phone. They could transfer the software using a memory card
or USB cable, for example. Android is fairly open, rather like Windows or Mac,
when it comes to installing software.
On iPad or iPhone, any software has to go through the Apple App Store approval
process, and then get installed via the Apple App Store.
Thus for a small team, it's a simpler process to develop it on an Android
tablet first. (Or, in due course, Windows 8 Intel-based tablets will be another
easy programming option.)
It's good to see another useful technology emerging, which will help blind
people. It won't replace the Optacon, but it sounds like another useful
technology.
Ted.
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of J. R. Westmoreland
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 1:44 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: interesting new technology
I had thought of the same thing for the iPhone. I just finished taking a class
at the university on iPhone development. I hope they succeed. Any screen that
has multi-touch capability should work. It would be a very neat thing on the
iPad, or some of the Android tablets.
J. R.
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