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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Ken: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My Graphiti is here! Any chance you’d be willing to do a one-on-one with me regarding it? We could record the session and share it with everyone if that’s of interest too? Please let me know if you have any availability. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chad <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Tactile-Talk <tactile-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken Perry via Tactile-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Tactile Talk for the discussion of the display and use of graphics on refreshable Braille platforms' <tactile-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> kperry@blinksoft.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tactile-Talk] Other tactile displays<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Yes that is the one I was trying to think of. I have always hated the nem of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Tactile-Talk <<a href="mailto:tactile-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org">tactile-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Shaw via Tactile-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 3, 2024 11:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tactile Talk for the discussion of the display and use of graphics on refreshable Braille platforms <<a href="mailto:tactile-talk@nfbnet.org">tactile-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Keith Shaw <<a href="mailto:knshaw100@gmail.com">knshaw100@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Tactile-Talk] Other tactile displays<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>There is an "optacon alternative" from a German developer called the videoTIM, with a website here:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://abtim.de/home__e_/the_videotim/the_videotim.html">http://abtim.de/home__e_/the_videotim/the_videotim.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It works with a hand-held camera and has an array of 16x16 pins with a uniform spacing of 2.5mm. The display is based upon piezo actuators which allows fast refreshing - 24 frames (all 256 pins) per second.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It is built to order, similar to the situation with the Graphiti, and was priced at 9,500EU when introduced in 2020. However, I'm not aware of anyone in the US having experience with this particular display.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>If there is real interest, I could go back into a database that has an accumulated 100+ worldwide projects tackling the deceptively difficult challenge of developing a low cost alternative to the ubiquitous piezo bimorph actuator. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>