Christo,
I would guess that the limiting factor of an
Optacon IIII is financial. The people designing
and implementing the device I am sure have spent
personal funds to see the project to where it is
but personal finances have their
limits. Manufacture and retail costs of a small
number of devices would be high and would be "up
front" costs. Presumably something would have to
happen in that area before we would see the new device.
And I wonder, at the end of the day, how many
Optacons would be sold? I have one working one
and another marginally working, which Richard
Oehm could return to health. And I am an old guy
and truly wonder about the economics of investing
in another device when I am pretty well set right
now. But, I do love new accessibility technology so who knows!
I hold the Optacon in heighest regard - I've been
a user for nearly forty-five years and know that
my personal and professional lives were
significantly improved by the Optacon. It's been
said here before that younger users will be hard
to recruit, both due to the learning curve and
the availability of so many newer technologies.
I wish the project the very best and will of
course continue to be interested in the project.
Thanks for reading my thoughts.
Pat ByrneAt 10:16 AM 12/18/2016, you wrote:
You know, we have been reading about the Optacon
3 for some years now and it doesn't seem to be
any closer to reality. Will this remain a pipe
dream forever. All the discussions and exchanges
of thoughts and ideas about it don't seem to get
anywhere. Perhaps discussions should change
direction and begin focussing on actually making
it happen. I have to ask myself: will I see a
redesigned Optacon within the remainder of my lifetime?
Kind regards
Christo
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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold
Sent: Sunday, 18 December 2016 5:27 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: a question regarding
the ergonomic design and mechanics of the optacon III
The more bells and whistles, the more the cost
of design and manufacturing and the more things
there are to go wrong - KISS - keep it simple, smart guy.
Bye for now,
Carolyn
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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of C. Pond
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 5:47 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: a question regarding
the ergonomic design and mechanics of the optacon III
I must confess to being confused by the
replies. On the one hand, we want an
Optacon-like device just for reading. On the
other hand, we want an optacon module which is a part of a device. All doable.
The souped up optacon III--which looked very
much like the Optacon II in a polished smooth
metal case did just that. The speech was made
to work thanks to the help of a certain
company. It could respond to input from its
specialized camera of course, and from a
scanner, and of course read files in memory.
It seems now that a module as a part of a more
encompassing system with one-handed reading capabilities is what is prefered?
Just to understand, is this correct?
Personally, I liked the souped up Optacon III
just fine, but the reality for better or worse
is that it might needs be a part of a greater system. Man:
I could see as the device was several features
like a nifty audio-calculator with the benefit
of an optacon display working together just fine, but so be it.
Thanks for clarification,
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Marianne Näränen
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 5:11 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: a question regarding
the ergonomic design and mechanics of the optacon III
Hello,
I definitely agree with Noel and Carolyn, I
would like to have a device merely for reading.
Best wishes,
Marianne
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