[optacon-l] Re: Fives, Sixes, eights, and Nines

From: Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 17:17:21 -0700
I especially have problems when I'm looking at bills (as in the kind you pay, 
not the money you pay them 
with) in distinguishing between' 6's and 8's. East Bay Mud is especially 
difficult for some reason.
Linda G.

On Fri, 28 May 2010 16:56:34 -0700, don bishop wrote:


>Hi Mary,
>
>I've had that problem a few times.  It seems to depend on the font used 
>and the quality of the print.  I can usually figure it out, but if it's 
>something critical such as a prescription number, I try to check it some 
>other way just to be sure.
>I also sometimes have a hard time distinguishing between 8 and 9 too.
>Sometimes it seems the longer I work at it, the harder the differences 
>are to distinguish, but I suspect that's plain old operator problem.  <grin>
>
>Don
>
>
>
>On 5/28/2010 4:51 PM, Mary Lorefice wrote:
>>Evening folks.
>>
>>Alas, our dear optacon failed me today. No big deal. I wanted to use my
>>drugstore's automated prescription refill system. Even with the zoom up all
>>the way, I had trouble telling the difference between fifes and sixes. I had
>>to call in the order the good old-fashioned way.
>>
>>Has anyone else experienced problems distinguishing among the
>>above-mentioned numbers?
>>
>>
>>Mary L
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