[optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers

  • From: "Carolyn Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:04:00 -0500

Oh yes, Laurel,I never let a check of mine go without an Optacon check. My 
husband, being a graphic designer, made me a check program in my computer. 
Occasionally, the check won't go through the printer straight. Before that I 
typed them, always checked them and my signature with the Optacon. Another 
thing that I do with it is check to see if a pen is writing before affixing 
a signature.

Smile, God loves you,

Carolyn
Sanford, NC
919-718-0700
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurel Jean Walden" <laurelj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:53 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers


> Hi, Robert.
>
> Congratulations on all of your accomplishments with the Optacon and 
> getting back to using it on a daily basis.
>
> I learned the Optacon when I was in the first thru third grades and had 
> been exposed to cutouts of print letters, numbers and punctuation signs 
> from my preschool years, although I am a Braille reader. So, reading print 
> with the Optacon came pretty naturally to me.
>
> I have a mail reading station next to my front door with access to my 
> Optacon and shredder. So, when I go thru my mail, I can breeze over 
> everything with the Optacon and decide what gets shredded and what gets a 
> closer look. For larger documents, I use my OCR, but love the Optacon for 
> going thru my mail. I use it to proofread checks when I have to hand write 
> them, and to make sure that my mailed correspondence is printed and 
> addressed properly. It is great for making sure that the delivery 
> addresses of bills are aligned properly with the little windows in those 
> return envelopes.
>
> That is just the beginning of my adventures with the Optacon, and I know 
> that others on the list have done much more than I have. But, I can't 
> imagine my life without it.
>
> Keep up the Optacon and blessings on your day.
>
> Laurel in South Carolina
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 1:54 AM, Robert Feinstein <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Just wanted to make a few comments.  this is Robert in Brooklyn.
>>
>> I had one of my optacons made to work only on electricity by Richard and
>> it works beautifully.  I have been using it quite a bit, and getting back
>> to my former optacon using self.
>>
>> I am convinced that we who use the optacon are truly lucky because we 
>> have
>> a really excellent idea not only of what print is like, but how things 
>> are
>> arranged on a page, or how a check is laid out, etc.
>>
>> I find that when I get mail, I read at least half a page with the 
>> optacon,
>> and then use my sara reading machine.  That way, I keep in practice, and
>> take advantage
>> of both systems.
>>
>> I received a check today, and it said "only valid with two authorized
>> signatures".  I could read where it said "authorized signature" and it
>> said it twice, and I could feel that the check had been signed two times.
>> This really was incredible for me to be able to do.  Is this piece of
>> information important, probably not, but I truly got a kick out of 
>> knowing
>> it.
>>
>> I think that if the optacon had been marketed by explaining what one 
>> could
>> read, instead of concentrating on speed of reading, it might have done
>> better.
>>
>> I had no idea of what print was like, but thanks to the optacon, I know 
>> my
>> letters, numbers, and can read things that are underlined, and even a bit
>> of italics, although that is very slow and difficult for me, and I don't
>> usually spend the time to try to decipher it.  But regular, clear print, 
>> I
>> can say I am doing quite well.
>>
>> By the way, I tried to use other fingers besides my index, but can't make
>> anything out.  I also discovered that I was keeping my letters a bit too
>> large, and making them smaller, so they take up less room on my finger,
>> enables me to read better.
>>
>> Do many of you use your optacons on a daily basis?  Do you think it would
>> be harder to manage without an optacon?  Are you glad you learned it?  Do
>> you use it in conjunction with a scanner or reading machine?  Did you 
>> know
>> print before getting your optacon, or did you have to learn the letters
>> like I did?
>>
>> Warmest regards,
>> Robert in Brooklyn
>> PS: I remember one question from the optacon manual: What time is it when
>> an elephant sits on an optacon?  time to get a new optacon.  When I was
>> learning to use the optacon, that took me about 8 minutes to read.  (sad
>> smile)
>>
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