[optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
- From: Nancy Shackelford <ladym74731@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 23:23:14 -0600
I'll have to remember that next time when I get a new one! I've got a lot of
already opened ones I need to label!
Nance
Nancy Shackelford
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 12:49 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
> Hi Nancy!
>
> When the front of the CD insert has printing that is either too big or too
> fancy or weird a font, I read the spines of the jewel cases. If you have
> a
> new CD, the tape that is at the top has nice plain printing of the title
> and artist, sometimes better than the same information on the spine,
> because it sometimes fancier on the spine, when it's always beautifully
> plain printing on the tape.
>
> Debby
>
> At 08:01 PM 11/25/2011, Nancy Shackelford wrote
>>The CDs I have tried to read, like looking on the front just to see the
>>artist and title, I've found many hard to read. Anybody got suggestions
>>for
>>this?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Nance
>>
>>
>>Nancy Shackelford
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>>www.nk-shouseofstuff.biz
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Huffman" <j73.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 7:52 PM
>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
>>
>>
>> > Dan and list,
>> >
>> > I sharpened my Optacon skills back in the 1970s on several
>> > shelf-feet-worth
>> > of album covers--mostly classical in my case. I always made up braille
>> > lists of composers and pieces and kept the list inside the album sleeve
>> > it
>> > belonged to.
>> >
>> > Fast forward a decade or so. I initially greeted the advent of CD's
>> > with
>> > horror because there was no way I could put the same braille hard copy
>> > inside a jewel case. As I eventually gained computer skills, I could
>> > put
>> > the same info into files on the PC, but I lost many of these in a
>> > hard-drive
>> > crash 8 years ago. The painful experience made me much more religious
>> > about
>> > backing up hard-drive content, but I've never summoned up the energy to
>> > recreate what I lost. But I still use the good old Optacon to read all
>> > my
>> > liner notes.
>> >
>> > Regards, JH
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Dan tonge" <danieltonge2011@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 8:28 PM
>> > Subject: [optacon-l] One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
>> >
>> >
>> >> When I had my Optacon for years before, I was able to label virtually
>> >> all
>> >> of my record albums, ensuring that the name and artist were spelled
>> >> correctly, and which was the first song on Side 1 and 2. I haven't
>> >> been
>> >> able to do that with any of the additions to my records or CDs during
>> >> the
>> >> time when I didn't have a working Optacon. I have already been able
>> >> to
>> >> verify that I have recorded Side 1 or A on the computer in the right
>> >> order
>> >> in several cases, and it is so nice to be able to read the album
>> >> covers
>> >> again. Not a big deal, but just one of the things I can do myself
>> >> instead
>> >> of finding someone who has or will take the time to do it for me.
>> >>
>> >> I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and will have a happy, blessed
>> >> Christmas and New Year season.
>> >>
>> >> Dan
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