[access-uk] Information about the Optacon

  • From: "Colin Howard" <colin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <avios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <NTExpress@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <fifty-something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:12:41 -0000

Greetings,

Wish to catch anybody who has used, or who still uses the Optacon, hence 
posting this to some groups where "techy" topics are not usually acceptable.

From: "Rachel" <rachel720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <VICUG-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:00 PM
Subject: [VICUG-L] Information about the Optacon


: I'm forwarding from the Optacon list.
:
:
: OPTACON USERS UNITE TO PRESERVE VALUABLE READING DEVICE
:       The Optacon user list would like to share the following
: information with all current and former Optacon users.
:       1. The Optacons can still be repaired. There are repairers
: located in the U.S., Canada, England and Australia.
:       2. We are seeking all non-working or unused Optacons. These
: will be repaired and put back into circulation.
:       3. We invite all current Optacon users to fill out a brief
: survey describing their experiences both negative and positive.
:       4. If we can collect enough survey data, there is a possibility of
: re-developing the Optacon with modern circuitry to read some of
: the types of modern displays which other devices cannot read at this
: time.
:       5. There is a very active Optacon e-list where users share
: experiences and make plans for the future of the Optacon.
:       IF YOU WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE ABOVE OR HAVE ANY
: QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL
: braille@xxxxxxxxx
: . Thank you.
: WHAT IS AN OPTACON?
:       Invented in the early 1970's, the Optacon uses a hand-held camera
: to explore a print document and convert the picture of what it
: finds onto a small tactile array composed of vibrating pins. The
: tactile picture is very tiny--about the size of a standard print letter
: or number. With practice, the user can move the camera over the printed
: material and read the images on the tactile array. The Optacon was
: manufactured until the early 1990's.
: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: -Catherine Thomas
: braille@xxxxxxxxx
:                      /
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Colin Howard, who lives near Southampton in Southern England, hopes you had 
a very happy Christmas and will follow with a peaceful, joyous and 
prosperous New Year. 

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