[optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:43:33 -0600
Hi!
Oh, yes, I forgot until you reminded me that I have also used the optacon
to make sure the white side of the wrapping paper was facing up so that
when the package was wrapped, the pretty side would be showing.
Debby
At 12:46 PM 12/4/2011, H & C Arnold wrote
>Oh yes, and Debbie, using other applications - now I have checked to make
>sure my wrapping paper is on right side out. The color identifier is faster,
>but once we didn't have them.
>
>In God We Trust,
>
>Carolyn
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:49 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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> >----- 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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