Yes, understood, Catherine, and a good point. Contrary to my personal
grain, if the optacon III becomes a module which is integrated into other
devices as Noel Runyan suggests, a keyboard and keystrokes will be needed on
the host device. If it operates as a stand-alone module, such keystrokes
and a keyboard will not be necessary. Personally, I would be quite happy
with what was developed here: an inproved and nicely souped up optacon
II-like device with tightened up parameters and some nifty features which in
no way affected nor hindered the optacon from being exactly what is is: a
simple but modernized optacon. However, reality dictates otherwise it seems
against my grain and preference; keep it simple, right? Between you and me,
I got the feeling that Noel was rightly observing and advising, but I read
btween the lines that his group--the CBI--really does not want for another
notetaker with superior braille module superceding their work, and indeed
they might have something revolutionary in the works, and so his message was
a gentle but subtle way of warning me off, but of course with
professionalism and friendliness and good points which I have come to expect
from them.
These technologies seem to have an inertia of their own, and what we simple
optaconers want might be but a part of something more expansive, yet without
obscuring the optacon module itself. As I say, I prefer my main design of a
nicely souped up optacon II-look alike with better parameters and useful
features. metal box and all, portable and all.
Thanks for the reply, Catherine.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 2:38 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Windows keystrokes on a perkins keyboard
Why would an Optacon need any sort of keyboard in the first place? what
you are talking about is a device that does everything but what the
Optacon does.
Catherine
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-Catherine Thomas
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