[optacon-l] Re: My optacon
- From: "Dan tonge" <danieltonge2011@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:40:42 -0700
Yeah, well when things are in italics, they are actually twisted a little bit
so that they are written at an angle. I guess since it varies from the regular
writing, to a sighted person, it stands out. I have some trouble with them,
too, but I end up twisting the camera a little bit to compensate for the angled
letters.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Feinstein" <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:36 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] My optacon
I had to fill out a recommendation form for a friend and read it with the
optacon. I could read the questions, and see boxes where things had to be
checked. I could follow lines across the page, and get the general layout
of the page.
What interested me is that on the envelope, I could feel the bar code, and
where the stamp was to go, I could actually feel a rectangle made of
dashes. Incredible machine! Just incredible. I usually just read
letters and never actually noticed that you could tell a very simple
drawing like where to place a stamp. On the place where the return
address goes, I could feel individual lines to write the address. Of
course, I just put an address label. With the optacon, the index finger
is transformed into an eye.
Kind regards,
Bob
PS: Still can't read italics well at all. The letters seems spread apart,
and the letter n or m look like lines that are not connected. But, if
someone prints very very carefully, I can make it out, but it is slow.
Regular printing I do much, much better, especially if it is a simpler
font. Bold letters where many pins vibrate and the letters are thick are
also difficult for me, and if the print is too big, I can't read it.
Not complaining: it's a remarkable machine.
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