[Dtb-talk] Introduction

[Greg Kearney]

I agree with all that Antonio said below the addition of a Braille display would explode the cost of the players from about $200 to well in excess of $5000 each. It would add complexity and make the machines more subject to mechanical failure. It is a bad idea.

Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
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On 24/06/2010, at 2:12 AM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to respond to your suggestion to have a braille display in the digital talking player, since it looks like you advocate this in your message.
> 
> 1. NLS already provides materials in braille, and a braille display would not be justified, since materials are in paper braille already.
> 
> 2. The display would make the machine hard for people to use, and some would ask for more, ie that the player be a fully fledged note-taker. I can just see it now.
> 
> 3. The display would add significantly to the costs of the machine, and if anybody says they have a low cost solution for a braille display, I'll believe it when I see it. Just bring on the innovation, and I'll be the first to buy it, after all it's low cost, right?
> 
> 4. Braille displays on the market today have too many moving parts, and would make the reader more than it should be, and more brittle than necessary.
> 
> These are some of my thoughts on why a braille display does not belong in the NLS player. It's not a battle worth fighting. In fact it is not a battle at all.
> 
> Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
> 
> Student, Western Governors University
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Wolfe" <sunspot005 at gmail.com>
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>> Peter
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>> To list:
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>> 
>>   My name is Peter Wolfe, who is a sophomore at Auburn University in
>> Auburn, Alabama out of the states. Well, I use Book Share, NLS and
>> maybe I'lll start using RFB and D. I'm looking for advice on
>> mathematical and scientific books at RFB and D and seeing what others
>> prospectives are as good as the organization themselves on the topic.
>> Also, the opinion about the new BARD digital book players for the
>> americans on the board. I also want to share the concerns of not
>> having a braille display and my request in the future with new
>> research done at North Carolina State University on the project of
>> cheaper and more dynamic displays in the future inplementation of this
>> device. Also, your opinions about the daisy format and the sluggish
>> nature of the beast as a whole with Human War's free version sponsered
>> by Book Share and all of that jazz. Do you find speech synthesizers
>> (e.g. Window-Eyes) or daisy better as readers, why or why not? Thanks
>> for replies and sorry for jamming it up just I want to know these
>> answers as soon as possible.
>> 
>> God bless,
>> Peter
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