[nfbcs] {Spam?} Re: Optacon thoughts

[Curtis Chong]

Greetings all:

Although the optacon was difficult to learn, slow to read print, and 
moderately expensive, it did one thing that no technology does today. 
With the optacon, a blind person could literally feel the shapes and 
texture of print on the page. A blind person could, with some effort, 
also feel diagrams and handwritten information, although I would wager 
that this latter type of information was a bit more difficult to understand.

Yes, we do have OCR technology now, imperfect as it is. But we don't 
have anything that enables us to "feel" the print. I do have some desire 
for this ability, but I am not sure how much I am willing to pay for 
it<smile>.

Regards,

Curtis Chong