[Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction

Sun Sep 9 21:07:49 UTC 2012

I was wondering the same thing about the slate pals.

Sent from my iPod Touch

On Sep 8, 2012, at 8:34 PM, "Roger devin Prater" <r.d.t.prater at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, what is this penpal thing they speak of? is it like a mailing list of actual physical mail? In braille? They didn't say much about it on the page or anywhere obvious I looked.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
> 
> 
>> Hi Roger,
>> 
>> Thanks for the explanation of the VOICE program.
>> 
>> The Matilda Ziegler magazine is a weekly electronic magazine with all kinds
>> of informative and entertaining articles of interest to blind people. You
>> can subscribe to it via email, read it online, or read it via NFB Newsline.
>> Check out www.matildaziegler.com for more information and past magazines.
>> It's one of my favorite magazines to read, and I highly recommend it.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> P.S. Please note that the Ziegler magazine isn't affiliated with the NFB or
>> any other organization of or for the blind for that matter.
>> 
>> -----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 10:34 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
>> 
>> OK, well its not really a device, its a program on windows, simbian, and
>> Android that can be ran using a camera glasses or a webcam of sorts, and a
>> netbook/laptop for mobile usage. Basically, it simulates true vision with
>> loudness being brightness, pitch being how high something is compared to the
>> camera's position, and how far left/right something is in the sterio field
>> being how far to the left or right something is perspectively to the camera.
>> 
>> I have tied it, and with the help of the kind folks at the seeingwithsound
>> mailinglist, have found that the back of my bedroom door has some sort of
>> dark collored markings on it, and that a headboard is a bunch of lines that
>> go straight for a while ad then slant downwards. and what is this magazine
>> you speak of?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 9:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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