Hi, All, Mary Ellen, what a good idea! So, you'd pass the camera over each = symbol individually, and, as the entirety of each symbol is seen to be = fully in the array, the character is recognized, and the ASCII value is = output to a .txt file that can be read with anything. Now, we're getting somewhere. Mark Blier ------------------------------ ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:25 AM Subject: Re: Switching Back Well for one thing checking to see if my signature came out on checks, = and=20 making sure that the return slip is in properly when I pay bills. Also I had to give up just reading a book at my leisure. No matter what = ocr=20 screen reader people tell you, flat bed scanners simply are not equipped = for=20 reading books and to just be able to read my Yoga books and look up the=20 explanation of a posture I am not sure of is such a welcome relief = again. It is also fantastic to check your checks and make sure the printer = didn't=20 print them too far up or over the line. That's about all I can think of at present, Maybe reading instructions = on=20 how to heat up frozen foods too is something which I had to give up = pretty=20 much I just had a thought about something, Why not develop software for our=20 notetaking devices such as the Pacmate or Braille Note or Voice Sense or = Braille Sense and utilize the camera of cell phones? Just my less than 2 cents worth but what do I know anyway? Mary Ellen Earls ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:14 AM Subject: Re: Switching Back Mary Ellen, Sharon, and others, Now that you have returned to using an Optacon, what tasks are you relieved to use it for? Somebody (Sharon I think) mentioned what a pleasure it was to "just read" a paper or a card without going through = all that scanning and computer operation. What other tasks are there? What tasks could you suddenly do independently again that were kind of a porblem in the absence of the Optacon? These are the kinds of things = that will figure into any sort of Optacon re-development. Also particularly please mention any tasks that had to be given up altogether, say, the exploration of cookbooks. Catherine -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -Catherine Thomas braille@xxxxxxxxx / -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the = quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a = message=20 to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the=20 quotes) in the message subject. To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the = quotes) in the message subject. =20 Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a = message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the = quotes) in the message subject. =20 To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.