[optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
- From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:05:38 -0600
Place on mat against side of Optacon, and roll gently exploring newly top
surface with Optacon.
Nick
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On Behalf Of Marie Rudys
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 8:17 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
I hate to ask, but how do you read a prescription bottle? I have never
figured out how to read a can of soup or tomato sauce. I can read something
if it is flat, but round? That puzzles me.
Marie
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From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 3:45 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>I am just sitting here thinking of how many times I purchased something and
> used the Optacon to follow the line drawings to see which buttons did
> what.
> Again with all the graphics we contend with in the name of affect,
> directions can often be more difficult, but I'd still rather try with the
> optacon, and reading prescription bottles is way easier with the optacon.
>
> Dianne
>
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> On Behalf Of H & C Arnold
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:18 PM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>
> I agree about the combination of tools. My husband asked me about a
> talking
> one, but I told him that I thought that would reduce my impression of what
> was where and how it was laid out. Also I don't see how I could read a
> floor
>
> plan for an apartment with one that talked.
>
> In God We Trust,
>
> Carolyn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:50 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>
>
> I still use my slate and stylus as well and have found over the years that
> all of these tools work together to enable me. It shouldn't have to be one
> thing or the other. I was not aware that they ever finished that talking
> optacon. I was very interested in that researched, but stopped hearing
> about
> it after a time.
>
> Dianne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Nick Dotson
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 2:15 AM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>
> It is an inaccurate observation that people don't use pens and pencils
> anymore. BTW, I still use slate and styli.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Fran
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 4:07 AM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>
> HI all,
> I admit that I've been using the optacon less and less with the advent of
> computers, but this is natural...people hardly use pens and pencils
> anymore!
>
> But even with PCs, OCR, talking phones, readily available audiobooks, and
> much more, the optacon cannot be replaced. There are certain tasks which
> only the optacon can perform, and the freedom and self-confidence it can
> give us has no match. So screen readers and the optacon should be viewed
> as
> complementary technologies, rather than in competition. Will Freedom
> Scientific or other companies ever realize that and make a profit out of
> this?
>
> Happy new year to all!
>
> Fran
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carrie Green" <midorikeri@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Optacon List" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 3:04 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>> To add my two cents to the conversation, I'd hazard a guess that perhaps
>> Freedom Scientific doesn't want other alternatives besides what they are
>> currently producing. If we have a device that can give us the ability to
>> view graphics and text without having to purchase a screen reader or OCR
>> software/hardware or a braille display, that would limit their profit
>> margins. Of course, only certain people can use the optacon, as those
>> that
>
>> lose their sight later in life may not even use braille, and may not have
>> or be able to develop the tactile skills necessary to use an Optacon. I
>> know a number of blind individuals that just can't individuate the
>> braille
>
>> dots, and surmise that the Optacon would be next to impossible for them
>> to
>
>> use. I personally have challenges with my Optacon, as I had some very
>> basic training in primary school, but didn't purchase one until I was
>> about thirty years of age. My skills are not very good, but I still try
>> to
>
>> use it as often as possible. They are amaz
>> ing tools for us, and I do hope that there is something comparable in the
>> near future.
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>>
>> Carrie
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