Ole hyva, Ystavani (should be "hyvä" and "Ystäväni", but don't know how your
system reads this (smile).
But anyway, you are right when saying that it's hard to read books fluently
when trying to keep them as open as possible in the middle.
Wondering if there have been some book attachments for the Optacon just like
for single A4 pages etc. Don't know how such an attachment would have worked
(smile).
When I was a child, I tried to imagine some sort of a book attachment that
would have turned the pages automatically or just by pressing a button (smile).
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016, Dan Weiner <dcwein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kitoksia, Ystavani. It's hard, yes because let's say I'm reading the right
page, if I'm not careful and do too much with the right palm then I o=loose
my tracking and straight line, if of course I didn't have my left hand busy
with reading using the optacon--lol--I could hold it flat, the book, not my
hand.
Take care , I thought I could try to put something heavy on say the left
side when I read the right hand page...havn'e tquite figured this one out
yet, but life being the challenge that it is, wheen the going gets tough,
the tough just go...wait that's not it?--lol
Anyway, take care
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jyrki Voutilainen
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:43 AM
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Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon and books, edge of line
That's a good question, because I do remember me having the same problem too
when reading books with the Optacon.
I just tried to keep the book as open as possible with the palm of my left
hand while holding the camera in the same hand. Not very convenient (sad).
Jyrki the Man
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016, Dan Weiner <dcwein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So a quick question, when reading a book, how AM I going to get infrom your reply.
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
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On Behalf Of Jyrki Voutilainen
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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
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On Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:41 AM
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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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