[optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers

  • From: "Carolyn Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:48:36 -0500

He said that, especially in the case of a lot of tabs, Currier works better 
for alignment, since Arial is proportional, and Currier has equal spacing 
per character like a typewriter. It's been a while since I changed mine, but 
I don't remember it being all that noticeable to me when using the Optacon, 
but my files with numbers and things are in Currier.

He's a big help to me, since he also taught electronics in community 
college. He and Richard Oehm have talked, and Richard was happy, I think, 
about how well Jim understood the Optacon how, what and why it does what it 
does.

Smile, God loves you,

Carolyn
Sanford, NC
919-718-0700
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Jones" <Judy.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 1:13 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers


> Ariel is another great one.  Ask him about that one.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:02 AM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers
>
> Interesting about the fonts - big deal to my husband! He told me that 
> Currier New is more like typewriter and works well for my check register 
> file, because the characters are equal in size.
>
> Smile, God loves you,
>
> Carolyn
> Sanford, NC
> 919-718-0700
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Jones" <Judy.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:08 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers
>
>
>>I remember being so excited to be able to read what I typed, to actually
>>know what my typewriter's type looked like.
>>
>> I have also made a chart of the different fonts available in Word, and it
>> is fascinating to see the differences.
>>
>> Judy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold
>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:58 AM
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers
>>
>> Even though I don't use my Optacon like I did when working or when living
>> alone, I consider it a vital part of life - like my hearing aids. I had
>> partial sight when younger, enough to see how mail looked, how the
>> newspaper looked, could read some headlines and ads. It is astounding to
>> think what the Optacon must have revealed to someone who never saw a
>> printed page, a check or envelope.
>>
>> Smile, God loves you,
>>
>> Carolyn
>> Sanford, NC
>> 919-718-0700
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Feinstein" <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 1:54 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Hi, Optaconers
>>
>>
>>> 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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