[optacon-l] Re: What the Optacon can do!
- From: Winifred Downing <wmdowning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:37:08 -0700
Marg and Nick have both called about this message, and we are all waiting
for the final development that will eventually come to all of us. I'm
reading this on Sunday but, as I said, we've been talking about it all
weekend. Again, thanksk so much for keeping us aware.
At 10:27 PM 3/27/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, I'll have to try reading my laptop screen. I haven't tried that.
>But, I haven't had much success with the desktop screen; even with my CRT
>lens.
>
>Cindy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:27 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: What the Optacon can do!
>
>
>Shari,
>
>I haven't had much luck, either, even with the video lens.
>
>However, that was using a standard CRT monitor. If you have an LCD
>flat-screen
>monitor with a rapid refresh rate, say 5 miliseconds, you very well may be
>able
>to read the screen.
>
>Steve
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shari Weir" <shariweir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:50 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: What the Optacon can do!
>
>
>That is wonderful! I have never had much success using the optacon to read
>info on computer monitors. Maybe I just haven't been persistent enough;
>maybe I don't tinker enough with monitor settings; I don't know. I consider
>myself a good optacon user, even can make my way through most handwritten
>stuff I get from coworkers. So, even though I've been thwarted so far in my
>sporatic efforts to read computer screens, the need to access those captia
>messages might give me renewed perseverance.
>
>Shari
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:29 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] What the Optacon can do!
>
>
> > Yahooo! I was just able to use my Optacon to read one of those darned
> > captia things! You know, those pesky things that websites use to keep out
> > hackers and blind guys. "Type in the letters you see on your screen."
> > Well, Jaws couldn't see the letters, but my trusty old R1D did, at least
> > on my laptop. I was so happy! I was able to register the program I need,
> > and I didn't have to wait for some sighted person to be around to help me.
> > Tracy
> >
> >
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