While I can certainly use the Optacon II, I much prefer the R1D. Suzanne On Jul 25, 2010, at 6:56 PM, H & C Arnold wrote: > I am a STRONG voter for the Optacon r1d > > In God We Trust, > > Carolyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 4:59 PM > Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Pins in the Tactile Array > > > There may be more factors thanwe have isolated governing what we can read > with how many pins in the array. Someprint may not be effected by the > denser array which is a higher resolution. Some fingers may be so > sensitive that again the number of array pins may not matter, and as has > been mentioned, some read better with a lesser number of pins. We do have > a large amount of testimony in the form of mesages by users stating that > the Optacon II simply is not as clear as the r1d. Personally, there are > many things I can read with the r1d that I could barely make out with the > Optacon II. But since this does not appear to be the universal vies, we > will have to keep in mind a choice of arrays in any new Optacon design. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -Catherine Thomas > braille@xxxxxxxxx / > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.