[optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
- From: "John Huffman" <j73.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:35:13 -0400
Hello. Group,
In some cases I've found that such things as complex formatting, quality of
copy, or challenging font size or style has slowed my reading to a point
where comprehension is affected negatively.
Still, as has often been said here, the Optacon conveys information about
layout and formatting of print documents that can't be duplicated by any
other reading method, even braille.
Regards, JH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karla Westjohn" <kawstjhn@xxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
> Some tangentially related research indicates that direct contact with text
> yields greater comprehension.
>
> Karla Westjohn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janet Wallans" <janetcw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:18 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
>
>
> I agree with everyone who expressed these opinions.
>
> It would be interesting if a study could be done to find out the
> difference
> in reading comprehension using something that gives the reader direct
> contact with the text as opposed to listening to the text.
>
> Janet
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Natalie" <nataliej@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:53 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
>
>
>> I'm the same way. I learned braille in the first grade and used it
> through
>> college. I learn better through my hands and when the Optacon came along
> it
>> made everything so much clearer to me than tapes and readers.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:46 PM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
>>
>>
>> >I agree with you on this. I must say that I was thrilled when I acquired
> my
>> > first Kurzweil Personal Reader for which I scrimped and saved and got a
>> > bank
>> > loan to have. But I remember vividly thinking that there were still
> things
>> > I
>> > needed and wanted to see with my fingers and kind of wanted both
> elements
>> > within the same device. To this day, I find it more difficult to learn
> to
>> > do
>> > something via just hearing it unless I slow it down and listen line by
>> > line
>> > to the steps I need to take. There was just something about that put
> your
>> > hands on it in real time that made total sense to me along with the
>> > help
>> > of
>> > the OCR. The optacon is where I can really "SEE" it and where it really
>> > gets
>> > to my stunted brain.
>> >
>> > Dianne
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> > On Behalf Of John Huffman
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:51 AM
>> > To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
>> >
>> > Hi, Catherine and All,
>> >
>> > It's fine to "think outside the box" in terms of developing a NEW
> Optacon.
>> > After all, technology has advanced much since 1970, and it may be
> possible
>> > to devise new ways to accomplish old tasks which would never occur to
>> > us
>> > non-wizards.
>> >
>> > But I feel very strongly that in doing this the Optacon's primary
> purpose,
>> > READING print in real time, should remain the primary goal of all such
>> > redesign projects. That is a niche that critically needs to be kept
>> > filled
>> > by an Optacon or something very much like it.
>> >
>> > Cheers, JH
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:40 AM
>> > Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
>> >
>> >
>> >> Just as with scanners, there are some excellent braille translation
>> >> programs. If you need to read print documents and covert them to
> braille
>> >> that is the method to use.
>> >> The Optacon reads print as print--no re-interpretation. Because the
>> >> Optacon reads print as print, we can read all sorts of non-standard
>> >> things
>> >> including lettering imposed on pictures. Lots of mail these days comes
>> >> with logos. We may not know all the details of what the logo contains
> but
>> >> we can often if we encounter the same thing a few times, recognize the
>> >> shape. Again, reading print as print in real time is the Optacon's
>> >> primary
>> >> purpose.
>> >> Catherine
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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>> >> -Catherine Thomas
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>> >>
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