>
>From: bob tweedy rtweedy@kscable.com
>To: peeps-talk@yahoogroups.com
>
>Subject: The Videotim, could it replace the Optacon?
>
>Last week, I had the pleasure to take a look at a relatively new
>device, which works a bit like the Optacon. However, the Videotim uses
>piezo electric dots, to display stuff, therefore nothing vibrates, when
>
>one touches graphical objects. The Videotim has a threshhold adjustment
>
>slider, but it works quite differently, then that of the good old
>Optacon. Digital technology is used, to decide which pixels of a
>certain graphical object on the paper should be displayed and which
>ones
>should not. I liked the Videotim and I am glad, that people try to
>construct a device, which can give us back the functionality of the
>Optacon, but I'm not sure, whether I'd ever reach the speed, with which
>
>I can read with the Optacon. The Videotim is not yet on the market
>officially, but there are a few people here in Germany, who already
>have a Tim at their workplace. One can get more information about it at
>
>www.abtim.de. Tim stands for tactile interactive monitor, and the ab
>stands for accessed by.
>
><*** Michael Lang ***>
>
>Regards Steve,
>mailto:srp@bigpond.net.au.
>MSN Messenger: internetuser383@hotmail.com.
>
>
>
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