Hi bill, You have to remember also that squaring off an IPhone with the corner of your proposed frame would only work with 1 particular type of phone. The IPhone 4 and 4S are not the same size as the IPhone 5. Also, on a mass production, this would be too limiting as it wouldn't accommodate other phones.
Ron & Danvers -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 5:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Standscan not holding together and other thoughts on the product, Hi Bill, I guess anything is possible and I am sure instead of aluminum plastic pieces could be used which would be much cheaper than aluminum. I think lighting is a must even with an open-box design because as a blind person you don't necessarily know if the ambient light where you are is sufficient or maybe if you happen to stand between a light source and your contraption. I think also that the matte white finish of the cardboard is intentional as it is non-reflective yet gives good contrast. Anyhow, why don't you send your message to Harry from Standscan and ask him to consider it and to maybe let you know if he thinks it would be doable. For all you know they tried something like that and maybe found reasons why it wasn't a good solution. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 1:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Standscan not holding together and other thoughts on the product, 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. 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