[optacon-l] Re: My optacon
- From: "Natalie" <nataliej@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 10:35:27 -0400
Does anyone have problems with checkboxes? Maybe my camera is a bit out of
whack but my X rarely appears just where I want to land it. It's hard to
experiment because when the form is filled out I send it back to where ever
it is to go so haven't got anything to line up my camera with. Any ideas?
Natalie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 10:48 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: My optacon
> Hi Dan!
>
> Although I angle the camera to be able to read italicized print and can
> read it fine, I think I read slower when the words are italicized than
> when
> they are regular. I have noticed that OCR software sometimes has a little
> trouble with words in italics. Bold letters are nice to read with the
> optacon.
>
> Debby
>
> At 01:40 AM 5/5/2012, Dan tonge wrote
>>Yeah, well when things are in italics, they are actually twisted a little
>>bit so that they are written at an angle. I guess since it varies from
>>the regular writing, to a sighted person, it stands out. I have some
>>trouble with them, too, but I end up twisting the camera a little bit to
>>compensate for the angled letters.
>>
>>Dan
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Robert Feinstein" <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:36 PM
>>Subject: [optacon-l] My optacon
>>
>>
>>I had to fill out a recommendation form for a friend and read it with the
>>optacon. I could read the questions, and see boxes where things had to be
>>checked. I could follow lines across the page, and get the general layout
>>of the page.
>>
>>What interested me is that on the envelope, I could feel the bar code, and
>>where the stamp was to go, I could actually feel a rectangle made of
>>dashes. Incredible machine! Just incredible. I usually just read
>>letters and never actually noticed that you could tell a very simple
>>drawing like where to place a stamp. On the place where the return
>>address goes, I could feel individual lines to write the address. Of
>>course, I just put an address label. With the optacon, the index finger
>>is transformed into an eye.
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>Bob
>>PS: Still can't read italics well at all. The letters seems spread apart,
>>and the letter n or m look like lines that are not connected. But, if
>>someone prints very very carefully, I can make it out, but it is slow.
>>Regular printing I do much, much better, especially if it is a simpler
>>font. Bold letters where many pins vibrate and the letters are thick are
>>also difficult for me, and if the print is too big, I can't read it.
>>
>>Not complaining: it's a remarkable machine.
>>
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