[optacon-l] Re: My optacon
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:57 -0500
Hi Marie!
Yes, that's why bold text is so easy to read.
Debby
At 03:01 AM 5/9/2012, Marie Rudys wrote
>Those bold letters are larger and stand out from the rest of the text.
>Marie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 7:48 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: My optacon
>
>
> > Hi Dan!
> >
> > Although I angle the camera to be able to read italicized print and can
> > read it fine, I think I read slower when the words are italicized than
> > when
> > they are regular. I have noticed that OCR software sometimes has a little
> > trouble with words in italics. Bold letters are nice to read with the
> > optacon.
> >
> > Debby
> >
> > At 01:40 AM 5/5/2012, Dan tonge wrote
> >>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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> > pours
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> > Proverbs 15:2 NKJV
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