[NFBP-Talk] another way to read

Fri Jun 22 07:52:47 UTC 2018

No, I could not read Braille from a cuff wrapped around my arm. Nor do I 
think I could read anything else, such as print, from a cuff wrapped 
around my arm. I don't think it would work well at all.

      Roy McCutcheon

On 6/21/2018 7:11 PM, David Andrews via NFBP-Talk wrote:
> I understand you guys reaction. However, I think there is a question 
> here that is interesting, and warrants some research.
>
> Could you read Braille, from a cuff wrapped around your arm, and if so 
> how fast and accurately.
>
> If so you could silently read while your hands were otherwise occupied.
>
> Dave
>
> At 05:01 PM 6/21/2018, you wrote:
>> This new facebook by touch thing is a waste. Someone should email 
>> them and tell them that braille is the best tactile alphabet out there.
>>
>>
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>> *From: *Roy McCutcheon via NFBP-Talk <mailto:nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> *Sent: *Thursday, June 21, 2018 17:54
>> *To: *Buddy Brannan via NFBP-Talk <mailto:nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> *Cc: *Roy McCutcheon <mailto:royamc1959 at comcast.net>
>> *Subject: *Re: [NFBP-Talk] another way to read
>>
>>
>> I read Facebook by touch every day, using my Braille display. I sure 
>> won't be using that new invention.
>>
>>
>>
>>      Roy McCutcheon
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/21/2018 4:37 PM, Buddy Brannan via NFBP-Talk wrote:
>>
>>     Joe! What a fantastic idea! You should patent that…oh wait…
>>
>>
>>         On Jun 21, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Drenth, Joe via NFBP-Talk
>>         <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         Wow, a forearm cuff that someone can feel is an interesting
>>         idea, but frankly, someone already invented a way to read by
>>         feel, and it is much more practical. Instead of 24 different
>>         touch transmitters, I wonder if they ever thought of using
>>         just six?
>>
>>
>>         Joseph Drenth
>>         Senior R&D Software Engineer
>>         JBT Corporation  |  Automated Systems
>>         400 Highpoint Drive
>>         Chalfont, PA  18914, USA
>>         E: joe.drenth at jbtc.com <mailto:joe.drenth at jbtc.com> P: 215
>>         822 4457
>>         www.jbtc-agv.com <http://www.jbtc-agv.com/>
>>
>>         From: NFBP-Talk [mailto:nfbp-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>         <mailto:nfbp-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org>] On Behalf Of Becky
>>         Frankeberger via NFBP-Talk
>>         Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 3:47 PM
>>         To: 'NFB of Pennsylvania Talk, state list'
>>         Cc: Becky Frankeberger
>>         Subject: [NFBP-Talk] another way to read
>>
>>         Holy cow. Another way to read.
>>
>>         Facebook wants you to read your messages by touch
>>
>>         ________________________________
>>
>>         From New Atlas
>>
>>
>>
>>         Facebook wants you to read your messages by touch
>>
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>>         >
>>
>>         James
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>>         >
>>
>>         5 hours ago
>>
>>
>>
>>         Forearmed is forewarned: The Purdue wearable includes 24
>>         vibrating devices which can alter the location and intensity
>>         of a Facebook alert
>>
>>         As part of Facebook's ongoing quest to be first to capitalize
>>         on The Next Big Thing in Technology (whatever it turns out to
>>         be), the social media juggernaut has written a check for some
>>         Purdue College research into haptic technology that can not
>>         only alert you to new messages through your skin, but read
>>         them too.
>>
>>         "I'm excited about this," lead researcher Hong Tan says in a
>>         Purdue press release. "Imagine a future where you're able to
>>         wear a sleeve that discreetly sends messages to you - through
>>         your skin - in times when it may be inconvenient to look at a
>>         text message."
>>
>>         Before we panic too much about invasive implants, at this
>>         point the research uses a wearable cuff which wraps around
>>         the wearer's entire forearm. The wearable includes 24
>>         vibrating devices which can alter the location and intensity
>>         of the alert. The researchers call these vibrating devices
>>         "tactors," but strictly speaking, a tactor is a touch sensor
>>         rather than an emitter.
>>
>>         It's this variety in the vibrations that allows the
>>         technology to relay message content. The researchers have
>>         mapped all 39 phonemes of the English language to different
>>         vibrations, phonemes being the audible sounds that make up
>>         spoken words. The researchers differentiated consonants from
>>         vowels by keeping them static, while vowel sensations move in
>>         varying directions.
>>
>>
>>
>>         The research was geared towards the ease of learning using
>>         two different approaches: one based on phonemes and the other
>>         on letters. Twelve participants were asked to learn 100 words
>>         in 100 minutes. Though results varied significantly, with
>>         both methods some users achieved an accuracy of over 90
>>         percent. However, the researchers found that phonemes proved
>>         easier to learn. Tan points out that the typical word
>>         contains fewer phonemes than letters.
>>
>>         The researchers worked out a training schedule of 10 minutes
>>         a day which they think would be practical for most users. "It
>>         is more efficient than if they sit here for three hours to
>>         study," Tan reasons. "You can't keep good concentration for
>>         that long."
>>
>>         Clearly, any technology that can relay messages through touch
>>         could prove relevant to people with impairments to seeing and
>>         hearing, but the potential applications are much broader -
>>         from receiving messages on the go, or where message privacy
>>         is a cause for concern.
>>
>>         Along with Purdue's researchers, the team included others
>>         from MIT and Facebook itself.
>>
>>         "I'm really hoping this takes off as a general idea for a new
>>         way to communicate," Tan adds. "When that happens, the
>>         hearing-impaired, the visually-impaired, everyone can benefit."
>>
>>         The team's work was presented on June 15 the Proceedings of
>>         EuroHaptics 2018 conference in Italy.
>>
>>         The research was previously mentioned at Facebook's F8
>>         development conference last year, along with a brain-typing
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>>         > purportedly five times faster than using a keyboard.
>>         Facebook's purchase of Oculus sees the company also plowing
>>         funds into virtual and augmented reality
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>>         >. Clearly the company wants to be well positioned if (or
>>         when) its social network fizzles out. 
>>
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