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From: PANDORA.NIGH@f532.n157.z1.fidonet.org (PANDORA NIGH)
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Subject: Re: Handicapped Tools
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Date: 17 Jan 90 02:24:28 GMT
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      Hi Al, in regard to environmental control systems I think that you 
have me confused with someone else needing some info. I have the addresses 
and info for several manufacturers of such systems, albeit I would love to 
see someone come up with one in a more realistic price range. For tools I 
would love to see a hand held OCR scanner that didn't run a couple thousand 
dollars and would be easy to manipulate with hand and motor impairement. I 
tried a friends Scan Man and it was not overly effective for me because of 
the unsteadyness and inability I had of moving it smoothly and in a straight 
line up and down. If someone could come up with a OCR in the price range of 
the Scan man and have it less sensitive to extra motion it would be great.
   I remember a device that came out over 15 years ago called an Opticon. 
This was a hand held scanner that would scan any type of text or simple line 
drawings and convert that info into vibrations on a series of wires that 
formed the letters onto your fingertip. The Opticon then cost only $300 and 
was quite an advance in technology. I wonder why they can not build off of 
that and come up with one that reads character to the computer and maintains 
a reasonable cost.
                             Pandora

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