Rick, I don't know if you know it but there is a pretty good color
indicator made in Austria by CareTec. And it only costs $1000. (grin)
Deane
On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Rick Roderick wrote:
> HI Aian,
>
> I have several thoughts on possible devices that would be helpful to me.
> Some are fairly low-tech, and others will take more sophisticated design.
>
> 1. A high-quality 4-track cassett recorder/player: Several are
> available. My idea is for something that would provide clear and flexible
> tone, ling battery life, extremely high reliability, optionally, excellent
> compressed speech.
>
> My idea is for somthing that would look a little like a boom box and be
> able to play stereo cassettes as well. A fip of a switch would put it in
> four-track mode for both playing and recording. An equalizer would be
> available to compensate for people with hearing losses, so that sould
> could be made clear to meet individual needs.
>
> One of the greatest needs is reliability. In many of the units, Library
> of Congress tapes tend to get stuck. Such a recorder should not have one
> of those tape guides. They make it very hard to manipulate tapes that get
> stuck.
>
> 2. Selectable Assistive Listening device: I am both totally blind and
> hard of hearing. Because of this, I face two problems when dealing with
> public performances.
>
> First of all, many theaters have assistive listening devices, but many do
> not make it possible to use one's hearing aids with them because the are
> headphones ane do not allow for the input of an audio loop. This should
> be a very strong device that has a well-insulated set of headphones and an
> jack to connect a loop. It shoudlbe a multi-frequency device, because
> different theraters, churches, etc. use different frequencies. It should
> have the ability to receive both infrared and FM signals, because both
> systems are used, and their use is unpredictable.
>
> Anotyer problem I face in theaters that have audidescription is that the
> audiodescription system uses FM, and the assistive lisening system uses
> infrared. The ability to mix both types of signals would be most useful
> to me.
>
> 3. A good color-detection device: I would like to see someone develop a
> device that would deterine whetehr what colors are in a particular garment
> reliably. This would make me independent from sighted assistance when
> dressing.
>
> I have other ideas as well, but I will start with these three.
>
> Rick Roderick,
> Louisville, KY
> richard@iglou.com, rick_roderick.parti@pcusa.org
>
>
>
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