[Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Roger,

I've heard of this device, but I don't think it works quite like the
Optacon. From what I read about it, it seemed like some kind of device that
simulated the sense of sight by making the blind person feel like he/she is
seeing the object being detected by the VOICE. I was kind of intrigued by
this technology, but couldn't quite wrap my head around how it works. I
would be interested to hear any firsthand accounts of how the technology
works from anybody who has actually used the device. By the way, I read
about this device in an article in the Matilda Ziegler magazine a few months
ago.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Roger devin Prater
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 9:35 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction

Hmm, have any of you tried the vOICe? http://seeingwithsound.com It works,
as far as I know about the opticon, like it, only it uses sound instead of
tactiles, and is free. http://seeingwithsound.come just in case I misspelled
it the first time, LOL.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction


> Absolutely not! Translation into Braille means the unit would be 
> telling you what it think it sees, not letting you interpret for 
> yourself what the unit sees.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sep 8, 2012, at 17:06, "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike and everyone,
>>
>> Now, wouldn't it be great if the Optacon was remade with a Braille 
>> display so you could read what the Optacon was scanning in Braille? 
>> This is purely hypothetical; I don't even know if it would be 
>> possible to do this. But it would be very cool if it is possible!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 10:20 PM
>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
>>
>> Jasmine:
>>
>> The Optacon doesn't actually read anything: you use the Optacon to read
>> stuff using your own brain and fingers. Some people can read handwriting;
>> others cannot. I never mastered that skill. However, I could read line
>> drawings and some maps. Judy Jones has given you a decent description of 
>> the
>> Optacon.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jasmine Kotsay
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 3:23 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
>>
>> Hi,
>>    Until now, I've never heard ofan
>> Opticon.  It actually reads handwriting? What actually is an Opticon?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net
>
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