I love your signature.
The only thing for it that I can think of is to bend it at the spine, like
bending the spine vertically until you can get at that print. I know what
you're talking about.
If it is a book you don't have to worry about later, you can separate the
pages from the spine and/or cut the book into sections so you have thinner
sections that will spread more readily.
Remember our college days when we would have to purchase 2 copies of a book,
one for the reader and one for the proofreader? I think was through then
RFB. WE would always get the copy back when they were finished recording.
But depending on how much the contents of the book is worth to you, maybe
getting an extra copy you can disassemble would be worth it.
Judy
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Weiner
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:22 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon and books, edge of line
So a quick question, when reading a book, how AM I going to get in that
tight spot where the book bindinng is tight, any suggestions on how to keep
the book as open as possible so I can get that, say, first word if ith's
the right hand page, or last word if it's the left one?
Dan the man
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jyrki Voutilainen
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:31 AM
To: Optacon User List
Subject: Optacon and books, edge of line
I also doubt if a scanner even together with the best OCR software could
have coped with the handwriting.
It's "ages" since I've tried to read handwritten text with my Optacon.
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016, Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I used my Optacon yesterday to look at a form with the resultsbeginning.
handwritten in. The results were all numbers, so it was easy for me
to read the handwriting, but I really doubt a scanner could have done it.
Tracy
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:41 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: My optacon helps me
Absolutely.
Judy
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Feinstein
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 12:17 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] My optacon helps me
This is Robert in NY. I was reading something on my scanner, and a
sentence began, Magically, animal abuse . . . I said to myself, that
makes no sense. I went to my kitchen table where my optacon is and I
looked at the page. I found the word easily because it was near the
The word was tragically. My reading machine had mistaken the tr forseriffs.
an m and I could see why: the print was a bit fancy, and had a lot of
So, once I knew that word, the rest was read correctly.quotes) in the message subject.
Small thing, perhaps, but I had no idea what the word magically was
doing in what I was reading. I never would have guessed that word had
I not used my optacon.
Do some of you use scanners but rely on the optacon when something is
misread?
Robert
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