[optacon-l] Re: My optacon
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 21:52:42 -0500
Hi Marie!
I remember my optacon teacher teaching me how to read italics. She was an
excellent teacher. It really does help to twist the camera to read italics.
Debby
At 03:42 AM 5/5/2012, Marie Rudys wrote
>Italicized words slants to the right. I never thought of twisting the
>camera accordingly. Next time, I will try it.
>Marie
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan tonge" <danieltonge2011@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:40 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: My optacon
>
>
> > 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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