Re: Some comments on the Optacon
- From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" <mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:47:28 -0700
Bob,
I don't know if this is of any help but I found that by carefully peeling
the label off the bottle and then placing it very carefully on the mat that
came with the Optacon (so as to avoid wrinkles), the label is much easier to
figure out as it is on a flat surface and won't move around because the
bottom side is still sticky. Additionally, the instructions for use are
usually at the bottom and in larger print so, instead of putting the med's
name on the bottle, I put the dosage as I don't care about the name at that
point in time. For instance "m3" equals three pills in the morning; "mae1"
is 1 pill morning, afternoon and evening, etc. I keep the med names/dosages
on a separate list in the computer and have a hard copy in the car, the
refrigerator, and various other places should it ever be needed.
Hope this helps.
Michael Bowman-Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Feinstein" <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:30 PM
Subject: Some comments on the Optacon
>I am probably one of the least skilled Optacon users on this list, judging
> from what I have read. I am bob in NY. However, despite this, the
> Optacon is a tremendous help to me in many ways: identifying mail, seeing
> if my printer is working, checking an envelope I address, etc. I recently
> received some medication (I take a great deal now) and I needed to know
> what was in each vile. I took the optacon, and tried to read the name of
> the medication. I could find words like "do not" or "take this" but not
> the name. After working at it for about an hour and a half (nobody has
> more patience than Optacon users) I found the name of the medication,
> written in the middle of the vile, to the right. I took a mental note of
> where the name was, and found it to be uniform with each vile. I was able
> to read the name in about 3 minutes as opposed to an hour and a half. Now
> the question: is it worth struggling for over an hour to read the name of
> a medication when a sighted person could have done so in a second? In the
> scheme of things, I'm not sure, but I had no sighted assistance, and I
> wanted to braille my medication viles. The next time I receive these
> viles, the task will be infinitely easier.
>
> But to read books, long letters, bank statements, that, sadly, would not
> be possible for me because of the effort and time. Still, I'm glad I have
> the Optacon. I wanted to share this because I believe the Optacon can be
> well worth the investment, even if one is not very fast with it.
>
> Bob
>
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