[optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
- From: Nancy Shackelford <ladym74731@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:25:37 -0600
I just read several spice bottles today when looking for the spices to put
in my sweet potato pie (just like pumpkin pie)! There was one I had a
really hard time figuring out, but I don't read spices that often, so it's
probably a thing of getting used to them, like anything else...
Nance
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 8:14 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Research
>I like to place the can or bottle in my lap in the area between my thighs.
>I
> run my camera with my right hand while kind of turning the can or bottle
> as
> I need to with my fingers. I have the camera between my thumb and first
> three fingers generally, but by pulling out your third finger, you can
> kind
> of roll and stabilize the bottle or can. Takes a little practice, but it
> can
> be done.
>
> Dianne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Marie Rudys
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 6:17 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
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> 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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