[optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
- From: "Natalie" <nataliej@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:39:11 -0500
You're right! I don't know how many times I had to wait for someone to make
sure I hadn't wrapped a present inside-out until it occurred to me that I
could check for myself. A true blessing!
Natalie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:43 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: One of the Little Blessings of Having the Optacon
> 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
>> >----- Please check out my store...Something for everyone!
>> >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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>>pours
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> The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools
> pours
> forth foolishness.
> Proverbs 15:2 NKJV
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> "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue
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> Job 6:24 NKJV
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