Hi All,
I guess my idea of engaging with Orbit Research wasn't such a good one. It
sounds like we will need to start from the ground up. In the short term the
best thing to do is raise awareness about the optacon. There are really old
videos about it on YouTube and even an article on Wikipedia. Someone could
make a new video demonstrating the device and explaining what it can do that
conventional OCR can't. I think raising awareness will be a tall order. It
doesn't seem that ACB or NFB are even interested. A number of years ago the
ACB Braille Forum featured an article promoting the reason for a new optacon
but nothing came of it. I can think of a use case for myself but it would be
complicated to explain by e-mail. I have an optacon which doesn't work and
haven't had the time to get it fixed. It was a recent gift from a friend who
didn't know what to do with it. At least she didn't throw it away like I've
heard other people do. My original training was a long time ago and I couldn't
afford an optacon so I didn't have an incentive to keep up my skills. If I do
get the optacon I have fixed I will need to learn how to use it all over again.
It's not my highest priority right now. If I end up not doing anything with
it than I will give it to someone in this group. I would like to see it used.
The long-term and much more difficult project is doing the research to create
appropriate components. This costs time and money and most importantly the
desire to see the project through. Based on what most of you have said I'm not
very optimistic.
Dan
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And on the viPhone list, sometimes, I'm not reading on a subject, but if
Richard has a message, I do, and I've never seen a scrambled one from him
there.
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Hey, Richard,
We're getting junk characters.
Judy
“Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”
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Something is weird on this list! I have gotten three junk messages.
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