[bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
- From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 02:02:17 -0400
wow! where have you heard of such a thing please! I have watched a few
places like ebay and the Buy Sell and Trade listserve specifically for an
optacon, but not yet have I been able to get my hands on one.
As a matter of fact, I've never even gotten to play with one. I didn't
begin loosing my sight until far after they were no longer made. Even so,
it's something I've been wanting to find for many years now.
Tiff
tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:20 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
> Hi, Kellie! I'll keep my ears open for used Optacons if you want. I've
> even heard of cases where they were free to any blind person who wanted
one
> and was lucky enough to get the first call or e-mail in. <Smile> When I
> received Optacon training, I was taught to recognize lower-case letters as
> well as upper-case, of course. I believe that my teacher used a sheet of
> letters that had been especially created for this purpose, but it seems to
> me that I recall some alphabet sets for kids that did include the
lower-case
> letters. It might be a fun thing for you to pursue during a spare moment.
> And from the sound of it, you're so sharp that a moment is about all it
> would take for you to recognize those pesky lower-case letters that aren't
> included in those magnetic sets that we both apparently got our hands on
as
> small children. <Smile>
>
> Jana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:17 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
>
>
> > Hi Gerald,
> > Well, Braille isn't going anywhere if I have anything to say about it,
and
> > I'm only 24. <grin> Also, believe it or not, I envy you and all those
> taught
> > to use the Opticon. By the time I was in school they were already
> considered
> > totally obsolete. I was given one to play with for a few weeks in high
> > school, but I wasn't given any real training in how to use it. I had
> trouble
> > tracking straight with the camera, but the real problem is that I only
> > recognize uppercase print letters; how come they didn't make lowercase
> > magnetic letters? <lol> Anyway, I am now learning Russian and also have
> > always wanted to learn Japanese and Arabic, and being able to use an
> Opticon
> > would go a long way toward making that possible. I would think learning
> it,
> > and all the print characters along with it, would be terribly
frustrating,
> > but worth it if you wanted something that only an Opticon could handle.
I
> > suppose everyone decided that learning to use them was way too hard,
which
> > is what some people also say about Braille.
> > Modern scanning software is more practical in my opinion for things it
> works
> > on, but for soup cans only an Opticon would do. <grin>
> > Kellie, who is considering opening and consuming the unknown contents of
a
> > random soup can whose label she can't read <lol>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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