[optacon-l] Re: A question
- From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 03:42:59 -0700
That's the trouble; if he is sighted, then he cannot possibly understand
that. That would frustrate me, too. No scanner, however good it can be,
can possibly take the place of the Optacon; it is portable, you can carry it
with you if you wish, camera adjustment is flexible. Need I say more? I
don't mean to come off as sounding harsh, but and I say this: I wish someone
would design a smaller Optacon with a longer-life battery. Oh, perhaps it
is just asking too much. Maybe I am crazy to dream a dream that might not
come true anyway. You are right about the R1D; I guess I shouldn't knock it
since that is the only model I have hands-on over the years since I started
in 1994. I am grateful we have anyone who repairs them today; too many good
things have been rendered obsolete and I miss the older equipment. Call me
Rip van Winkle if you want to, but think about it, anyway. I miss things
like reel to reel tapes and high quality cassettes that do not go downhill
in a flash, and quality equipment that lasted and lasted. What a crime the
world we live in when people on fixed incomes cannot afford to repair those
things anymore and keep them going. I am loaded with broken stuff I hate to
throw out into the trash. My lament, and I apologize for that, but I cannot
help it. I hope the Optacon never goes that way, but you just don't know
how long anyone might be around and that's the thing, isn't it?
Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Robertson" <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 2:35 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: A question
> Hello Cordelia,
>
> I think the project you are referring to would be the P2RD developed by
> Oleg Tretiakov. He touted it as a replacement for the Optacon, but it was
> nothing of the sort. It was a similar idea to the KNFB Reader, in that it
> used a camera to take pictures of text which were then interpreted using
> Abbyy FineReader. The whole thing ran on a PC Notebook computer.
>
> I had many a long argument with Mr Tretiakov after buying his device and
> being seriously disappointed with it. He simply refused to understand that
> his device was just another scan and OCR solution and no replacement
> whatsoever for the Optacon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anne
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2010, at 6:25 AM, Cordelia Scharpf wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I have been following the discussion about different models of the
>> Optacons and the arrays with 100
>> vs. 144 pins for a while. My question is whethere there was not someone
>> in Florida trying to design
>> a new Optacon? I came across him and his project about two or three years
>> ago, and his project was
>> funded by National Institute of science, if I remember correctly. Do you
>> know anything more about
>> this?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Cordelia
>>
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