Hello Eleni, On Jun 9, 2009, at 5:29 AM, Tiffany D wrote: > Just imagine what would > happen if we could make a modern version (of the optacon) and use it > with Leopard and > Voiceover. So would this show you the screen tactually or just > indicate a position on the screen? This is actually very important, > cause a friend of mine and I are interested in creating something > similar. Thing is, he's a programmer and not an engineer and we're > both low on cash. I'm thinking of writing a petition to send to > TeleSensory and maybe even Apple etc about creating a modern version > of the Opticon. I think that with advances like the IPhone and other > software, the time is right for such a thing. Granted, things like > the KNFB Reader are amazing and have their place. But they can't > convey visual information to us in the same manner that feeling images > on a display can. The remaining opticons aren't getting any newer. > Most of us won't ever get to see with our hands like that unless steps > are taken to insure that technology such as this is brought into the > 21st century. How many of you, especially students, educators and > those working in relatively graphical environments, would be willing > to sign such a petition? If there are enough, I'll create a separate > group, comprised of us and other blind and interested parties so we > can getthis thing rolling. In the meantime, I'll try and track down > the Opticons' creator or his daughter. Perhaps, they can help. There is an optacon users list which anyone can subscribe to as follows: send a blank message to:
optacon-l-requ...@freelists.org and put the word "subscribe" (without quotes) in the message subject. If you look at the bottom of every message from the list you will see the unsubscribe information. The only difference is the subject of the message where you would put the word unsubscribe in the subject to unsubscribe or subscribe in the subject if you wish to subscribe. The optacon 2, which is the one that could be made to work with a computer, was much less successful than the optacon 1 because of the reduced number of pins in the array. Cheers, Anne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
