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<p>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?</p>
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<p>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.<br>
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<p>Would love to hear other's thought ... <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">-- Rich</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/27/2024 8:29 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kperry@blinksoft.com">kperry@blinksoft.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This first 15-minute video is a video
brochure the CEO of Orbit made using some of the following
videos.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSsoIomrjF0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSsoIomrjF0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Compound Stereo Microscope<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/6b4oyzci7tuqisl/MVI_0093.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/6b4oyzci7tuqisl/MVI_0093.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Note<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>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.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Orion TI-84 Plus<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2jgm5mlktx90k8/MVI_0094.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2jgm5mlktx90k8/MVI_0094.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Watching a video<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/rchodldswyzvato/Eclipse-slower.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/rchodldswyzvato/Eclipse-slower.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Turtle Graphics<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8axbzz59k25zxx/MVI_0099.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8axbzz59k25zxx/MVI_0099.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Drawing with Graphiti<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds2mixkcvo9fsj4/MVI_0101.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/ds2mixkcvo9fsj4/MVI_0101.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>NVDA Plugin (NVDA is a free screen reader for Windows written in python)<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/eh0yg725291hy0a/NVDA-plugin.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/eh0yg725291hy0a/NVDA-plugin.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>OpenScad 3D design for use with 3D printing<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wia6vwktgipmex/OpenSCAD%20with%20Orion%20Graphiti%2020181012.mp4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wia6vwktgipmex/OpenSCAD%20with%20Orion%20Graphiti%2020181012.mp4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Tetris<o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/tos1oy4i8rsp2d0/tetrus.MP4?dl=0"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.dropbox.com/s/tos1oy4i8rsp2d0/tetrus.MP4?dl=0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rich Caloggero
Accessibility Specialist
Disability and Access Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology</pre>
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