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[dan.tevelde at comcast.net]

I had the impression that he meant any moving parts. I remember reading at one time about technology which created virtual buttons. It was described using the acronym MEMS. A tech support person from my cell phone provider said it was a technology used to replace physical buttons which can break.

 

Dan

 

From: Tactile-Talk <tactile-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley via Tactile-Talk
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I’d be curious to know if he meant the piezoelectric pins or the little magnetic balls/pins used by the less expensive displays like the Orbit Reader. 

 





On Apr 16, 2025, at 12:14 PM, dan.tevelde--- via Tactile-Talk <tactile-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:tactile-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

 

Is this list still active? I haven’t seen any traffic lately. I’m interested in continuing the discussion of tactile displays. It was interesting reading a blog post by Kirk Adams describing his impressions of the CSUN conference. He noted that multi-line displays capable of displaying text and graphics are too expensive for the average consumer. I think we already knew that. It’s like any new technology. I remember the first Kurzweil reading machine was $50,000 and you only saw them at universities. Now we have reading machines in our pockets. I can use my phone or Meta glasses to read text. Could graphics displays become cheaper? I don’t know considering the situation with reduced public funding.

 

One comment Kirk made puzzled me. He said graphics displays should stop using pins. What would replace the pins? He should have explained what he meant which would have helped him make a case for his ideas.

 

Dan

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