[optacon-l] Re: Optacon comes through, again

  • From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 14:23:36 -0400

You said it, Linda. I don't know what in the world I'd do about my bills 
without an Optacon. Recently I bought a back up one from Richard and am ever 
so grateful to have them.

My sister is a Solutions Architect at Dell Computers and asked me what it 
was that was so special about the Optacon. I just let her know what Cindy 
Handel said about her recent experience.

In God We Trust,

Carolyn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:17 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon comes through, again


Laurel, especially when looking at mail or when proofing a check I've 
written and seeing if I
have the detachable part of the bill right-side-up in the return envelope, I 
find there's nothing like the
Optacon. I had to send mine in for repair recently. Actually, my brother and 
I live close
enough to Richard Oehm's office that he drove my Optacon and a friend's 
Optacon to and from. In
any event, although I accomplished the necessary tasks that month using 
scanners (I have two scanners),
I can't tell you how much I missed my lovely Optacon and how hlad I was to 
have it back. I've
told my friend that if anything happens to her or if she doesn't want her 
Optacons any more,
I've got first dibbs.
Linda G.

On Tue, 11 May 2010 16:06:31 -0500, Laurel Jean wrote:


>Hi, y'all.
>
>I love hearing stories like this.  My optacon has as prominent a place on 
>my
>desk as my computer and other technology.  In the time it takes to open a
>program, place the paper into a scanner and process what has been written 
>on
>the page, I am able to flip on the Optacon and just start reading.  I'm a
>little spoiled by my scanner when it comes to reading very large amounts of
>text, but the Optacon is still the best for convenience and accuracy.
>
>Have a blessed day!
>
>Laurel
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:12 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Optacon comes through, again
>
>
>>Yesterday, my husband had to call the billing department at a local
>>hospital.  They sent him a bill for some tests he had done at our doctor's
>>office.  The bill indicated they had not submitted the charges to Medicare
>>and his supplemental insurance company.  So, he called to talk with
>>someone.
>>
>>Of course, they wanted to know his Medicare number and supplemental
>>insurance number, as well as the group number on the card.  So, while he
>>was
>>on the phone, I looked at the insurance card and got both numbers.  It
>>really was a lot faster than any scanner or even the KNFB Reader could
>>have
>>handled the information.  The lady on the phone was very interested in how
>>we were finding the information.  He mentioned that we're both blind and I
>>was using a kind of scanner to read the insurance card.  She asked more
>>about it and he explained what the Optacon is, how it works, and that it's
>>no longer being made.  She was quite impressed.
>>
>>So, we got the problem straightened out, thanks to the trusty Optacon.
>>
>>Cindy
>>
>>"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then...find the way."
>>Abraham Lincoln
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