Re: Some comments on the Optacon
- From: Winifred Downing <wmdowning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 21:45:50 -0700
Like so many others on the list, I wanted to know what print was on
everything. We had a department store here then called the Emporium, and
when the monthly bill came, all sorts of things were in the envelope with
it. I had always wondered what those little pieces of paper said so out
came the optacon. I started with the first one, turning it this way and
that until I had some vibrations that looked like print. I was sort of
expecting some ad for an exotic perfume or lingerie but what did I see :
"Jockey Shorts".
At 08:00 AM 5/18/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>I was like that too. When I had a little sight I could read a lot of things.
>Then I got reading glasses and could read most things and I was always
>reading. Then I lost that sight so when I got my first optacon I was
>always reading
>again. I don't use my optacon as much now but I do use it to read my mail and
>anything smaller and things a scanner won't read.
>Gail
>
>When I was just a very little girl I was always picking up things like
>wrapped straws and wrapped Tootsie Rolls and pops and asking my mother,
>"What does this say?"
>Oh, yes, I indulged my print-reading desires big time when I first got my
>Optacon. <smile> I read everything I could get my hans on. I remember
>picking up a packet of sugar which I had brought home from a restaurant,
>maybe even Stickney's, and reading it just because I wanted to know what a
>packet of sugar said.
>Pam
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>I too had a lot of fun reading record labels.
>Gail
>Linda and list,
>Reading record labels and LP covers is really lots of fun, although if you
>try to read the ones that open up like books, it's challenging because
>you've got two 12-inch surfaces to read across with about four columns per
>LP cover; talk about challenging!
>CD inserts can be a challenge too; some CD's that are packed in
>booklet-style containers are great if the print in the booklet is good
>enough. CD's are great but I get nervous about scratching the surface of the
>disk with the optacon lens, but it works sometimes if the colors have enough
>contrast. Somehow, though, it's just not as much fun as reading all those
>lP's. What a treat to find out what those songs were really called, and who
>wrote them!
>Mary Emerson
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