[NFB-Science] James Webb Revisited

[redwing731 at gmail.com]

I all! 
I think we have another good launch pad idea here because it sounds good,
particularly for the basic uses, but by the sounds of it, it doesn't look
like it's advanced enough for what we're after. This is still good knowledge
because it's something I didn't know was a thing. Now that we do, we can
have a better idea of what has been done before and explore ways to advance
such tech. 
Kendra 

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Tina, the IVEO touchpad was originally designed for little kids needing a
big tactile area.  So their active surface is 11x14 inches, which is larger
than most would need. It was introduced in 2005 and is therefore "old
technology". I think the retail cost is about $500. A windows touch screen
will also work - the problem being that Windows OS has so many default
swipes that cannot be removed. For example a right swipe can remove the
current window and revert to the last window. But you can be careful and use
it - I use it all the time. 

Software needed to read is the IVEO Player which is free. The authoring
package includes the IVEO Transformer (transforms bit map graphics to IVEO
SVG) and IVEO Creator (Creates IVEO SVG and, in some cases, converts an
inaccessible SVG to IVEO format). These applications are being used
successfully for little kids mostly, and truthfully they are sufficiently
limited an clumsy that I will not recommend them for the kind of projects
you describe.

ViewPlus and the Inclusio team are working to replace these applications by
web-based apps, and the first alpha versions are likely to appear within a
year. As I said, stay tuned.

John


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How much are your touch pads? What software would I need, and how would we
be able to set things up? Thanks.


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