[Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Mon Sep 10 21:46:56 UTC 2012
Hi Roger,
The Pen Pals section is a section where readers who are
interested in coresponding with other blind people who have
similar interests or who share something else in common with them
can put a short ad-like article telling a little about
themselves, who they would be interested in coresponding with,
and giving their contact information. It's up to the reader who
puts the pen pals notice in the magazine as to how they would
like people to contact them; sometimes it's in Braille, sometimes
it's by "tape letters" (letters recorded on tape and mailed to
the recipient,) and other times it's by phone or by email. I
think you will get the idea of the Pen Pals section if you read a
few of the notices.
Hope this helps,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger devin Prater" <r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 22:34:21 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] devices RE: introduction
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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