[access-uk] Re: Fw: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays
- From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:08:23 -0000
Sounds like they'll be quite big and heavy.
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "kevin and emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:48 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Fw: [BW] Press Release: Multi-Line Braille Displays
> 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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