[gui-talk] Fwd: building or purchasing tactile VU meter

[Steve Pattison]

>To: Pc-audio at pc-audio.org
>From: Kevin Doucet contactme at kevindoucet.com
>
>Hi list,
>
>I am sending this to the list as some may be interested in purchasing
>the Tactile VU Meter.  It is a device about the size of a pack of
>smokes. You can calibrate it to vibrate when the signal fed to it
>exceeds a set point, thus alerting, tactually, when a desired level 
>is reached.
>
>Mention is made of a schematic one can use to make their own if one
>wants. This person is willing to manufacture several if desired. The
>price will be determined by the number of units to make. Please read
>below and familiarize your self with the email's he and I traded on 
>this topic.
>
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>
>I enquired about a product called the Tactile VU Meter.
>Below is the series of emails between myself and Robert Armstrong,
>who is the person offering to make them.
>
>
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>
>
>To whom it may concern,
>I belong to a group of blind musicians and am contacting you to learn
>how individuals
>of our group may purchase the Tactile VU Meter.
>Please email me at
>contactme at kevindoucet.com
>   to let me know.
>Thanks for your time and help.
>Kevin Doucet
>
>
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>
>
>
>From: Robert Armstrong
>Subject: RE: Tactile VU Meter!
>    I'm sorry to say that we don't really manufacture the tactile VU
>meter.  In four
>or five years I think we've only made three or four, and that's
>counting the first
>one that I made for my wife.  Depending on how many you want, there
>are a couple
>of options
>    * If you want just one or two, then I'm willing to make them for
>you in my spare
>time, but it might take a few months.  If you have a friend who can
>build one, or
>if you can do it yourself (don't laugh - I know blind people who can
>solder!) then
>you're always welcome to assemble your own using the schematic and
>information on
>the web page.
>    * If you want a bunch, where "a bunch" is ten, twenty, or more,
>then we can talk
>about a special manufacturing run.  We could even talk about
>designing a new one
>- frankly, if I was going to do it again I'd do a lot of things differently.
>Bob Armstrong
>
>
>
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>
>
>From: Kevin Doucet
>Subject: RE: Tactile VU Meter!
>Hi Bob,
>Do I have your permission to share this with the emailing list I
>belong to of blind
>musicians? You could get good feedback on features.
>Kevin Doucet
>
>
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>
>
>
>    Sure, absolutely.  The more people who get together to buy one,
>the better deal
>we can get.
>Bob
>
>
>Kevin Doucet
>
>
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>
>If any one wants to be included on a list so we will know the number
>of units to be manufactured, please contact me, "off list", and give
>me your name and email address in the body of the message and I will
>add you to the list.
>
>
>If any one wants to contact Robert Armstrong with input on a design
>or feature set, he can be contacted at;
>
>bob at jfcl.com
>
>Thanks.
>
>Kevin Doucet
>contactme at kevindoucet.com
>
>confuse as says
>
>Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly!

Regards Steve
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