[optacon-l] Re: A question

From: Judy Jones <sonshines59@xxxxxxxxx>
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:07:57 -0800 (PST)

Yes, but to have a one and a zero look like an m, the ink on the bottom
of the o would have to have been faded, with a shadow of some sort upper
lefton the o, and shadow of some sort top right of the one.
Judy
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Date: Sunday, January 10, 2021 08:51 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: A question

There are some fonts which can be difficult for even a sighted person to
read. For example with the word "turn", the letters r and n often run
together, appearing to be "tum" as in "tummy".

In order to differentiate between a letter l and a number 1, there is often
aline coming from the top and to the left at an slight downwards angle.
Consequently, in some fonts, if the numbers are not spaced enough, 111 could
appear as the letter M as in "Michael".

George

-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose
Sent: 10 January 2021 11:28
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: A question

Hi,

Visually o and 0 look fairly similar so that explains the o's. I've never
heard of 1 being interpreted as m before but that's almost certainly what
happened.

Cheers,
Ben.

On 1/10/21, Robert Feinstein wrote:

Listers, this is Bob from New York. I was reading something with my
scanner and it read "we are celebrating our moth birthday." I found
that strange, and re-scanned. Got the same results. Looked at the
page with my optacon and it said "celebrating our 100th birthday.
Totally clear. I am just curious: why would a scanner read moth
instead of 100th? I usually can figure out why an error occurs, but this

time I'm stymied.

Just curious.

Hope all of you are well and using your optacons. Bob

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