Re: Survey Update May 14 2006
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 07:00:30 -0500
One has to put it in "inverse" print mode, and it can be read, but bills are
cluttered, and unless new, folds, and dirt make it harder to find the numbers,
and
one must know where they are in the corners of the bill.
Nick
On Mon, 15 May 2006 21:51:48 -0700, Linda Gehres wrote:
I, too, tried to read paper money with the Optacon but couldn't, probably
because the print is in a color it can't pick up. Also, the skill of
deciphering print at certain points on a page is primarily what I use the
Optacon for, example, to determine how much bills are and to insure the part
you detach when you send the bill back with your check is in its proper
position within the window envelope. Given the tasks at work for which I
used the Optacon, I never did develop the ability to read text quickly, but
I'm so grateful just for the fact that I can read at all!
Linda Gehres
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" <mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: Survey Update May 14 2006
> Catherine,
> It is interesting how many areas I forgot about. I was the best
> proofreader
> in our office as I always caught typos using the Optacon. The only way to
> do the same now is to run a Braille copy of the print document.
>
> I also mentioned the advantage of spot reading once you are familiar with
> a
> form/page.
>
> I wasn't so fortunate on reading the top left of envelopes particularly
> for
> company names as italicized was my weak area. I compensated by
> remembering
> at least the city and street if not the entire address as often that
> portion
> of the address was not italicized so I looked at that when I could not
> read
> the top line.
>
> I tried using my Optacon on paper money but, unfortunately, I could never
> make it work. I wonder if anyone else worked it out.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 5:40 PM
> Subject: Survey Update May 14 2006
>
>
>> We have over 100 current Optacon User surveys now. Keep them coming.
>> TWO INTERESTING OPTACON USES
>> The surveys today pointed out two of the lesser-known but vital uses of
>> the Optacon.
>> 1. We received a potential user survey today which included fatal
>> spelling errors. The subject for examples included the words "survay
>> ancers". There were a number of other spelling errors in common words
>> such
>> as eazey and Brail. I though at first it might be a joke but in the end I
>> don't think so.
>> People who were educated using exclusively audio tend to be poor
>> spellers.
>> Those who use the Optacon at least tend to get the common words right.
>> Although there are many sighted people who are poor spellers also, the
>> mistakes tend to be in a different set of words. Without provoking a
>> discussion on the merits of good spelling, suffice it to say that it
>> could
>> handicap a person applying for work or applying for higher education. In
>> a
>> note the other day which I read somebody spelled awful "offle". I don't
>> think the person had a clue that the word might be spelled incorrectly.
>> 2. FINDING INFORMATION IN FIXED LOCATIONS
>> This is one area where an Optacon beats a scanner by miles. In case some
>> users have not noticed this, I will explain.
>> Take your simple piece of mail. You can take your Optacon and go right
>> away to the return address, usually the top left-hand corner of an
>> envelope. Seven times out of ten you will be able to read the address or
>> most of it. You will not have bothered to read the address on the other
>> half of the envelope or any other propaganda that the envelope contains.
>> Another perhaps better example: You get your bank statement
>> monthly. After two or three months, you know exactly where on the page to
>> look for your current balance without scanning the whole thing. You can
>> locate a check number without reading all that is on a check. If you
>> often
>> receive forms which are similar, e.g. from insurance companies in
>> response
>> to claims, you can learn where to look to determine if the claim was
>> accepted without reading every word on the form.
>> If you need to work with membership cards or something similar,
>> you can actually flip through a pile, stopping at a particular point on
>> each one to pick up the information you need.
>> I have always considered the ability to read only what you need to
>> read, one of the primary advantages of the Optacon but it is hard to
>> describe.
>> KEEP POSTING. KEEP SEARCHING. KEEP REACHING OUT.
>> Catherine
>>
>>
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>> -Catherine Thomas
>> braille@xxxxxxxxx /
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