[access-uk] Re: Fw: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays
- From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:48:33 -0000
hi, looks promising! however i've got to laugh when they use phrases such as
"more affordable" and then throw $3000-6000 prices at us. must admit though,
wish i'd had one of these multi-line displays when i was working in a
call-centre! smile. life would have been a million times easier.
kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list.
email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:19 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Fw: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays
> There have been rumours of multi-line Braille displays, even full
> page displays, so I hope this anouncement won't prove to be
> raising peoples' hopes too high. If it comes to pass then
> Braille could have a brighter future.
> Ray
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Duran" <brlinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <comments@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:22 AM
> Subject: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays
>
>
>
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
> January 18, 2005
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> BRAILLE DISPLAYS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE!
>
> Peter Duran, VP Sales & Marketing
> Tactile Dynamics, Inc.
> 110 Commerce Drive, Suite 210
> Fayetteville, GA 30214
> Toll Free: 877-993-4994
> E-mail: comments@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Save your money! Don't buy a single-line braille display when
> you can have
> access to a multi-line or full-page braille display in the near
> future.
>
> Single-line braille displays are still too expensive even though
> two of the
> leaders in braille technology recently announced price
> reductions. Freedom
> Scientific announced 2 new Focus refreshable braille displays:
> Focus 40
> with 40 braille cells at $3,495 and Focus 80 with 80 braille
> cells at
> $6,995. Freedom Scientific also announced lower prices for its
> PAC Mate 20
> and 40 braille displays: PAC Mate 20 with 20 braille cells at
> $1400 and PAC
> Mate 40 with 40 braille cells at $3200. Optelec announced 2 new
> braille
> displays: Braille Voyager 44 with 44 braille cells at $3,495 and
> the
> Braille Voyager 70 with 70 braille cells at $5,995. Moreover,
> current
> braille display technology offers minimal text presentation a
> major
> drawback of all refreshable braille displays currently on the
> market.
>
> Fortunately, Tactile Dynamics, Inc. (TDI) has a solution to both
> problems. With its recently patented refreshable braille display
> technology (US Patent #6819228) TDI will lower prices
> significantly and
> radically increase the amount of text displayed. This
> revolutionary new
> technology makes multi-line and full-page braille displays
> feasible and
> truly affordable. TDI will initially offer two text-only
> refreshable
> braille displays (trbd's).
>
> Braille Messenger(TM): A trbd for 6- and 8-dot braille with
> display area
> 20 characters wide by 6 or 5 rows high able to display 120
> characters in
> 6-dot format or 100 characters in 8-dot format priced at $2,650.
> Braille
> device manufacturers can bundle this trbd with their proprietary
> software
> and hardware (via a USB 2.0 port connection) to provide devices
> suitable
> for refreshable braille text messages.
>
> Braille Book Reader(TM): A trbd for 6- and 8-dot braille with
> display area
> 40 characters wide by 25 or 21 rows high able to display 1000
> characters
> in 6-dot format or 820 characters in 8-dot format priced at
> $5,260. Braille device manufacturers and DAISY book developers
> can bundle
> this trbd with their proprietary software and hardware (via a USB
> 2.0 port
> connection) to provide computer output devices and full-page
> braille book
> readers.
>
> These 2 trbd's will permit manufacturers of assistive technology
> to offer
> innovative products with affordable braille text displays. They
> will encourage mainstream manufacturers of appliances, cell
> phones, etc.
> to provide braille add-ons to their products.
> TDI will present a paper on this innovative braille technology at
> the 2005
> CSUN Conference. Here are the conference details:
>
> Conference Dates and Locations:
> March 14-19, 2005 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport and the Los
> Angeles
> Airport Marriott Hotels
>
> Paper Presentation Schedule and Location:
> Session ID: C05G2179
> Title: Portable Full-Page Braille & Tactile Graphics Display
> Presenter: Larry Jenkins
> Day/Date: Friday, March 18, 2005
> Start Time: 3:20 PM; End Time: 3:50 PM
> Location: Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel, Denver Room
> www.csun.edu/cod
>
> Please forward this announcement to any pertinent Internet lists,
> newsgroups, braille advocacy groups, foundations, or potential
> braille
> product developers. Urge your braille vendor to contact us about
> reseller
> participation.
>
> You may get further details about TDI's braille technology by
> sending an
> e-mail to comments@xxxxxxxxxxxx Put "trbd" in the subject line.
>
>
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