It appears that similar stand/holders for iPhones and iPods have been around for a while. Run an Amazon.com search for such a device and you will find that much of what you described below already exists. The ScanScan was also not necessarily meant for how some of us in blind community are wanting to use it. Thanks for Phil the University computer specialist for posting a link to such device a few days ago.
LS On 4/6/13, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@charter.net> wrote: > I've been giving the design of Scan Stand a lot of thought and am now > wondering; can anybody explain why the concept must be a box? > > What I'm getting at is this, suppose a very stable framework was designed > that could hold a smartphone above a sheet of text at the optimal 6-8 > inches. Wouldn't that work just as effectively as the "Shoe Box Design?" > If the product were an open design no lighting would be necessary thus > eliminating the cost for electrical components. This framework would be of > > some very light, yet sturdy material such as angle aluminum. The base could > > accommodate a standard sheet of letter sized paper and the top frame could > be designed to hold an iPhone only one way -- using the vertical edges of > the angle aluminum as a "bed" to lie the iPhone in snugly. > > OK, so what I'm proposing is: > - a rectangular angle aluminum frame sized to snugly hold an iPhone > - another angle aluminum frame (maybe only 3 angle aluminum pieces) sized to > > accommodate a piece of paper (or allow for a book) > - angle aluminum "risers" that would robustly hold the top rectangular frame > > the 6 to 8 inches above the bottom rectangular frame > - fasteners that would sturdily hold these pieces together while affording > convenient assembly/disassembly (again, winged sheet metal screws) > > That this design would be an "open design" would take advantage of ambient > lighting so would not require any electrical components. Although I suppose > > a "Deluxe Model" could include such components. Heck anybody who has ever > played with Tinker Toys would find this a very feasible solution (I think)! > > ;-) > > ---- > Holland's Person, Bill > E-Mail: wfgal...@charter.net > - "Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their > > guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." > - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
