[optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
- From: "John Huffman" <j73.huffman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:52:21 -0500
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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