RE: How would the one-handed Optacon work? was a wish list
- From: Mike Freeman <k7uij@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:50:33 -0400 (EDT)
I don't want even a digital image picture.
Mike
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Christo de Klerk wrote:
> Hi all
>
> This idea occurred to me, I suppose, inspired by the new NFB Reader. Perhaps
> the following could work for one-handed operation, but I can see many other
> interesting spin-offs as well. A digital camera is used to take an image of
> the whole page or whatever is to be read. The image is transferred to the
> main unit. The main unit has the tactile array just like our Optacons have
> today, but the entire image is in its memory. It doesn't perform OCR on the
> image, but allows the user to read the image in its memory by feeling the
> array. One immediate advantage of this is that one could then easily save
> one's current position when reading is interrupted and resume reading easily
> later.
>
> Regards
>
> Christo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
> Sent: 11 May 2006 05:32 PM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: How would the one-handed Optacon work? was a wish list
>
> I wonder if there would be a way of making the two pieces modular--for
> one-handed or two-handed use. What would happen to the zoom lens? In my
> picture, the camera is on the bottom and the array is on the top. In Dave's
> description, the camera suddenly became a mouse.
> I used the Optacon II screen-reading program for six years and that program
> really did have a mouse. Rather than touching the actual monitor with the
> CRT lens, the computer screen image was transferred to a mousepad. If you
> were in a word processor, the image followed the cursor and was controlled
> by the keyboard. Those poor arrrow keys got a lot of use. Also, the program
> had an automatic scan. With a combination of mouse buttons the program would
> read a whole line of screen or the whole page if you wanted. The actile
> array was the same as always. Only the camera method changed.
> I'm still having trouble transferring the concept to a print page and still
> protecting us form being subjected to pre-scanning. Again, I'm not
> criticizing. I'm just confused.
> Catherine
>
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