[optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
- From: "Mark Blier" <mblier@xxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 00:59:56 -0700
Hi, All,
Rachel, please see
http://www.abtim.com/home__e_/the_videotim/the_videotim.html
for some information on the VideoTim *tactile* reading system.
For the rest of you:
I am seen as a crackpot on this list for daring to suggest something different
from the hallowed Optacon, because I dare to express the opinion against its
vibration.
I will say it again:
I will still aim for a reading machine like the VideoTim, and, if I ever get
one, I will leave the Optacon in the dust. Of itself, it is truly old
technology, and it had its place forty years ago, but, we need to progress to
something new and better. I believe that the VideoTim is an example of such an
appropriate advancement in technology.
That may put someone's nose out of joint, but, frankly, I don't care. I have
had enough of being told that I am wrong when there is clearly something else
out there. If you want to cling to the past, please count me out!
Sincerely,
Mark Blier
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel" <rachel720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 12:22 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
I don't understand why you need the vibration in order to project the
image. I'm the furthest thing from being an engineer, so I really don't
know what I'm talking about in this area. But wasn't there a machine
out there that converted print letters to Braille ones as you ran the
camera over the print? Why couldn't the image be composed of Braille
dot-like pins, just as on Braille displays, that would form the shape of
each letter as you ran the camera over the page?
Rachel
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