[Hallicrafters] Sorry, No Tactile TV

[tlogan7 at cox.net]

Hi folks -
  I share this story because it's one that stays in my mind and really
impressed me.  About two years back I sold a Ten Tec Omni C to a really neat
gentlemen.. He wanted to know if the Omni C could use the Omni V voice
annunciator. I checked with TenTec and they said yes.
  We talked on the phone quite a bit and he told me he was blind so that the
voice annunciator was quite important to acquiring the radio.
  It was only a few days later that it dawned on me that he was reading my
emails! I was totally intrigued and we continued to correspond. It turned
out that there is a hardware/program setup that can actually put a voice to
the email. I thought that was one of the neatest things I'd heard of! I
cannot remember the name of the program, but I have never forgotten that -
it was such a cool way to use technology (also because he was really a class
A gentleman!). Anyway, just thought I would share that.
   My first Hallicrafter is ALMOST here - so I guess I can post (chuckle).
Have a good day folks!
73/Tim NZ7C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Sorry, No Tactile TV


>
>
> I received several e-mails from those in the medical profession and
> rehabilitation about where they could get more information on the tactile
TV I
> mentioned in the Saturday Net announcement. The can not, because it is not
yet
> invented! Just a joke among the visually impaired about "Brailling" the TV
> screen. All it does is leave annoying fingerprints on the screen sighted
viewers
> have to clean off!
>
> Now there really was a time when Playboy was produced in Braille, but no
raised
> line drawings, just text only. Funding was removed by several in Congress,
by
> the way. It caused such a uproar, that Congress reinstated funding.
Somebody
> claimed that the blind were the only ones who actually read the articles!
> Denying them this right violated the 'freedom of speech' area of the
> Constitution. And that is the rest of that story -
>
>
> Duane W8DBF
>
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