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From: Caren.Park@f71.n343.z1.fidonet.org (Caren Park)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Sign Language Introduction
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Date: 11 Apr 91 04:37:25 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

  jack:

  i have version 4 of Sign Friends, but have access to only LCD laptops
(running CGA) and networked PCs (with hercules monochrome), and the
resolution of sign friends on these machines isn't very good...  i would
like to see SF on a VGA/EGA screen, but don't have access...

  the program i was thinking about could be written on a NeXT machine
with a video grabber in a few days, with compilation of the database
inside a week or two (incorporating several THOUSAND
signs/concepts/phrases)...  a 386 with VGA could do the same job, with
different software, of course, in months...  why?  because the databases
aren't readily available to handle video images without massive amounts
of disk space, and video resolutions of 1024x768 aren't affordable yet to
the mass market like hercules and 286s/808xs are...  there's still a
priceyness to the 386 market that is starting to approach usability for
such a vertical market...  i'm hoping to be ready with something LIKE
sign friends that uses the technology available when it becomes price-
competitive...

  of course, this means i need to borrow a friend's machine when both of
us are available, OR (and this is a big one), i need to make lots more
money so i can afford that development platform...  hoping to say, within
weeks, that i am the proud owner of etc etc etc...  :)

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