[bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 00:20:52 -0500
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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