[optacon-l] Re: What the Optacon can do!
- From: "J. R. Westmoreland" <jr@xxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:55:25 -0600
I have been using my optacon with various screens for years.
Some work well and others are more iffy.
Sometimes with laptop screens I have had to put my finger tip out past the
end of the CRT lens so the lens is held about 1/4 inch away from the screen.
This lets some of the ambient light get in for the contrast.
Also, setting the screen brightness high will sometimes help.
Make sure that you don't press too hard on the screen because that can cause
it to deform a fraction and cause blurring.
In a brief nutshell that's what I do for best results with screens.
Finally, I haven't played around with the new plasma, or LCD screens in the
flat screen monitors.
J. R.
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J. R. Westmoreland
Email: jr@xxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Winifred Downing
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:37 PM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: What the Optacon can do!
>
> 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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