David.Andrews@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews) (07/19/90)
Index Number: 9259 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] We had a demonstration of the hardware and software sold by Personal Data Systems of Campbell California, yesterday, here in Albuquerque. As you know, they manufacture and sell the Audapter, a high-quality serial and/or parallel synthesizer. They are also an Arkenstone dealer and the folks that have written the EasyScan software that is now being distributed with all Arkenstone Readers. The easyscan software has been upgraded with new capabilities, including a quick read more that will start reading while still scanning. Noel Runyan has also developed two new programs which might be of interest. One is a money identifier for the Arkenstone, and the other is called PicTac. It takes a graphics image which is scanned, convents it to braille and sends it to a braille printer. The quality of the picture of course depends on the quality of the graphic image, that is how simople or complicated it is. While not perfect, it does offer a means of getting some ideas about shapes etc. The money identifier and pictac are being given free to all people who purchase their arkenstones from Personal Data Systems. Noel is willing to sell them to others, but hasn't set a price yet. You can reach them at 408-826-1126. KANSYS, Inc. is a dealer for the Audapter, so if you are interested, contact me. David Andrews -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!115!778!David.Andrews Internet: David.Andrews@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org