Harold,
I have to admit that after all these years I don't get excited about any new announcements with respect to braille
displays. I just forwarded it to this list in case there was something worth investigating or in the event it had some
relationship to other projects.
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:44:51 -0700 (PDT), Harold Snider wrote:
>Dear Steve,
>
>I appreciate having the information about David Dewhurst, but the
>experience of the R & D Committee is that this approach is of little
>value. Remember the argon labs experiment and the prototype of a
>similar system built by John Becker. These were both a dead loss. I am
>not optimistic about the outcome of another attempt.
>
>Harold
>
>Steve Jacobson wrote:
>
>> FYI:
>>
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>> >From: "Steve Pattison" <pattist@ozemail.com.au>
>> >Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 20:48:04 +1000
>> X-To: "Various Messages" <various-messages@egroups.com>
>> >Subject: Fwd: Braille & tactile display.
>>
>> >To: gui-talk@NFBnet.org (Multiple recipients of NFBnet
>> GUI-TALK Mailing List)
>>
>> From: David Dewhurst DavidDewhurst@compuserve.com
>> To: ACCESS-L access-l@icomm.ca
>>
>> 07-JUL-2000
>>
>> Greetings ACCESS-L,
>>
>> A few months ago I suggested a new approach to braille
>> & tactile
>> displays, using permanently-embossed bands or disks,
>> and some of you
>> kindly sent some feedback. I've now developed the
>> approach somewhat,
>> and I've put some details up on my website. The URL is
>> :-
>>
>> http:
>> //ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DavidDewhurst/TactD
>> isp.htm
>>
>> Note that it is at the "concept" stage, and that I
>> haven't attempted
>> to make a prototype yet.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David Dewhurst
>>
>> DavidDewhurst@compuserve.com
>>
>> Regards Steve,
>> mailto:pattist@ozemail.com.au
>>
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Steve Jacobson
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National Federation of the Blind
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