Re: Switching Back
- From: "Mark Blier" <mblier@xxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 05:58:24 -0700
Catherine,
Tasks for which I will be relieved to use it for again:
Spot-checking mail.
Checking typewriter output.
Correcting scanning errors by spot-checking the print.
Verifying my signature.
Identifying currency.
Reading package directions.
Puzzling out street maps.
Checking if lights are on or off.
Checking for stains on clothing.
Tasks I could suddenly do again:
All of these.
Tasks that had to be given up altogether:
All of these.
Tasks I would like to be able to do with the new design:
Check flat-screen displays, cell phones, MIDI keyboard displays, etc.
My wish list:
Refreshable-dot-type display to eliminate vibration.
Some small lens module attachment which would accommodate a pen to fill =
in forms "on the fly".
This is the time to be creative and really think outside the box; no =
room for knee-jerk reactions about what can or cannot be done. Let's be =
inventive now so we aren't kicking ourselves later.
Mark Blier
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From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:14 AM
Subject: Re: Switching Back
Mary Ellen, Sharon, and others,
Now that you have returned to using an Optacon, what tasks are you=20
relieved to use it for? Somebody (Sharon I think) mentioned what a=20
pleasure it was to "just read" a paper or a card without going through =
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that scanning and computer operation. What other tasks are there? What=20
tasks could you suddenly do independently again that were kind of a=20
porblem in the absence of the Optacon? These are the kinds of things =
that=20
will figure into any sort of Optacon re-development. Also particularly=20
please mention any tasks that had to be given up altogether, say, the=20
exploration of cookbooks.
Catherine
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