[Tactile-Talk] Comparison between graphiti and Monarch

[Rich Caloggero]

I got a demo of the Graphiti in 2019 when I believe it was still a 
prototype. However, I've not seen or heard a clear description of the 
Monarch. So, my question: how do these two devices compare?


 From what little I know, the Monarch has both a tactile area, and a 
separate area containing discrete braille cells, somewhat like a typical 
single-line display, but multiple lines of same.  The graphiti has one 
single display, which can display graphics, and braille using font 
technology similar to how visual displays work. To me, the graphiti 
seems like a much better solution because it works just like a visual 
display, and looks like one (albeit it very low resolution) to the host 
computer.  WHen I checked out the graphiti, I did notice that the 
braille font had odd spacing between the dots that made it a bit 
difficult to read. I was told that this was because I was looking at 
version 1 of the display, and that the next version would have higher 
resolution, which would decrease the spacing between the dots, and thus 
make a more normal feeling braille font.


Would love to hear other's thought ...


-- Rich

On 8/27/2024 8:29 PM, kperry at blinksoft.com wrote:
>
> The first of these videos is a 15 minute brochure from Orbit but the 
> rest I did when were working on it.  I was the first Blind person to 
> use the Graphiti with a Microscope.  I even used it with growing 
> fungus in one of my presentations.  The one here is with a 
> pre-prepared slide.  In the videos I made I tried to talk through them 
> so they would be good for blind and visual. Of course the best way to 
> see the graphiti is by touch.  I unfortunately do not have a set of 
> videos like this for the Monarch because I am less a Project lead on 
> that and more just a app developer and tester.
>
> This first 15-minute video is a video brochure the CEO of Orbit made 
> using some of the following videos.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSsoIomrjF0
>
> These other videos I made and some of them are used in the above 
> video, but these show how I have done it.  So, you can see that a 
> blind guy did them.   I will mention I wrote the Tetris game shown 
> here and the library for Graphiti all in python.
>
> Compound Stereo Microscope
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/6b4oyzci7tuqisl/MVI_0093.MP4?dl=0
> Note
> After I made that video.  We realized that I didn't have it zoomed all the way out.  You can get it entirely on one screen but I had enlarged it and changed the filter so I could look at the regions better.
> Orion TI-84 Plus
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2jgm5mlktx90k8/MVI_0094.MP4?dl=0
> Watching a video
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/rchodldswyzvato/Eclipse-slower.MP4?dl=0
> Turtle Graphics
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8axbzz59k25zxx/MVI_0099.MP4?dl=0
> Drawing with Graphiti
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds2mixkcvo9fsj4/MVI_0101.MP4?dl=0
> NVDA Plugin (NVDA is a free screen reader for Windows written in python)
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/eh0yg725291hy0a/NVDA-plugin.MP4?dl=0
> OpenScad 3D design for use with 3D printing
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wia6vwktgipmex/OpenSCAD%20with%20Orion%20Graphiti%2020181012.mp4?dl=0
> Tetris
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/tos1oy4i8rsp2d0/tetrus.MP4?dl=0
>
-- 
Rich Caloggero
Accessibility Specialist
Disability and Access Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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