RE: Some comments on the Optacon
- From: "Westmoreland, J. R." <jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:53:52 -0600
Or the case when no one is around and you think to yourself,
"I can't remember how to prepare that item ..."
So, out comes the optacon and after a bit of fiddling with the box,
skipping over the nutrition info etc, there you are with the directions.
Very neat. I got my first optacon in 1977 and have worn out two units,
repair cost over $2,000 to fix, both r1 units, a C and a D. I now have
three optacon II units and hope they last a very long time.
J. R.
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=46rom: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cynthia Handel
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:30 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Some comments on the Optacon
I can remember, when I first got my Optacon, my mother asked me to start
supper. I can't remember what it was, anymore, but it involved
something in a can, and she didn't get the can out. So, I got my
Optacon and started pulling cans out of the cupboard and looking at
them, until I found the one I needed. Boy, was that exciting! I was so
happy, and there was no one at home to tell. So, I had to save my
excitement until later. But, that was great, to be able to find a can
with a print label, when I'd never been able to do that before. That
was more than 32 years ago, and the Optacon is still just as useful.
Cindy
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=46rom: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: Some comments on the Optacon
Bob and Pam, well said! Bob, like you, I'm a slow reader with the
Optacon,
never having had one available for the kinds of straight text reading
one
would do as in reading a book. There are certainly things that can be
more
easily read with a scanner, but many tasks really can't be accomplished
with
scanners such as we all have previously described. Plus, we can read,
as
Pam pointed out, handwritten or hand printed notes or cards written to
us
which scanners wouldn't be able to interpret. I feel so grateful to
have
two working Optacons and to know of this list!
Linda Gehres
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=46rom: "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=3F 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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