[optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers

From: "Carolyn Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:56:08 -0500
On a job that I had, I shared an office. The boss asked me after a few days, 
if I could get up and go out in the hall to use the Optacon, since the two 
others in the office found it to be loud. Now all of us were transcribing 
with earphones on, so, well, that was what they thought. . I had to use it 
for medical and pharmaceutical dictionaries, as well as, in some cases, 
sheets with patient names on them. I was so completely astounded that I 
simply said, "no." I didn't go into a long tirade or explanation, I just 
said, "no." Since the other people had been there for quite some time, she 
moved me into the office next door, and no one else in there ever complained 
that I heard about. We worked on production. Had I agreed to go out into the 
hall, I'd have had to go to the lunch room or somewhere to get a flat 
surface, since I could hardly foist my Optacon up against the wall and a 
book or list... I think you get the picture.

Smile, God loves you,

Carolyn
Sanford, NC
919-718-0700
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Feinstein" <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 6:51 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Hi, Optaconers


> Hi, Optaconers!
>
> It's Robert.  First of all, I am truly so happy about the
> wonderful emails
> sent to the list.  We have quite a group of talented, bright optacon users
> who do all sorts of things, including sorting laundry and reading cans and
> CD cases!  I must say I never thought of using the optacon to see the
> differences in patterns on clothing!  And I want to thank the person who
> described the CD cases in such detail.
>
> I wanted to mention something I did with my optacon yesterday.  I had
> received a letter from Meals on Wheels, but when I tried to read it on my
> Sara, the machine was reading the members of the board which were at the
> left hand side of the page, plus the actual letter, which was confusing.
> I looked at the letter with the optacon and noticed a space between the
> board members and the letter.  I folded the page where this space was,
> then checked with the optacon to make sure I had the actual text without
> the board members.  I did, and put the letter back on the Sara, and
> the Sara read
> it fine.  This really amazed me that, with the optacon, I could tell where
> to fold the paper to get my machine to read just what I wanted.
>
> I am using the optacon that Richard made work on electricity.  My other
> one stopped working and is being repaired: all I got was a horizontal line
> across the array, but no print.  Richard assured me it can be fixed.
>
> Please, share your uses of the optacon.  A friend of mine used to use the
> optacon at work to read the computer screen, and she had the screen lying
> flat so it was easier to read, and some tape put on different parts of
> the screen so she knew what part of the
> screen to go to, as she was in customer service.
>
> Some have complained about the buzzing, but I kinda like it.  Also, just
> by the sound, I can sometimes tell if I need to turn up the threshold to
> make the print sharper.
>
> As someone once said on this list, I'd put the optacon up with the
> invention of braille.  It brings a print book to our fingers, which is
> quite amazing!
>
> Warmest regards,
> Robert in Brooklyn, NY
>
>
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[optacon-l] Re: Hi, Optaconers

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