RE: Training
- From: Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:25:38 -0400 (EDT)
Dan,
You've asked a variety of questions. In order to answer them, we might
need a little more information.
1. Cindy is quite right. If all you can get are vertical lines no
matter what you do to the knobs, then the Optacon is not working. It will
need the services of a repairer.
2. If you can let us know where you live, perhaps another Optacon
user would be willing to spend a little time with you and find out if an
Optacon would be useful to you at work. It does take practice to learn how
to track with the camera with one hand and read the letters and other
images on the array with the other. We often suggest that you start with
something very easy; a page with a couple of lines of dashes for example.
3. If the Optacon is in its leather case and does not have to be
removed from the case in order to use it, you know that you have an
Optacon from the r1 series--either b c or d. At the back of the Optacon,
above the area that contains the visual display connection and the invert
switch, there might be some braille. If there is, you can deduce that the
Optacon is an r1c or r1d. If there is no braille, it's probably an r1b or
possibly an r1c. Some of the c's had the serial numbers included in
braille. Some did not.
4. If the Optacon has to be removed from the leather case
altogether in order to access the array and the knobs, then it is an
Optacon II.
4. Does the Optacon have a charger to connect it to electricity or
does it just have a wire with one end for the Optacon and the other for
the plug? Again, if that is all it has, the Optacon is an Optacon II.
5. If the Optacon has been sitting around for a long time, it
needs to charge. This assumes that it is an r1 Optacon with a power supply
which we usually call a charger. One end of the wire connects to the
Optacon. In the middle of the wire there is a rectangular box, then more
wire which leads to the wall plug. When you connect the charger to the
Optacon and plug it in, within three minutes or so, the charger should
begin to feel warm to the touch. If it doesn't, then the charger is not
working. To test the charger, you don't have to turn on the Optacon.
6. If the Optacon has no charger, the battery is probably dead or
at least not charged. That would account for the vertical lines also.
7. When you open the snaps on the Optacon case and reach inside
the front opening, the camera should be tucked in there with its retina
cable wrapped around it. If you are lucky, the camera and cable should
both be stored in a piece of plastic called the camera rest. Once you
slide these out, the array should be reachable. There should not be
anything else that you had to do.
I think that's enough for you to tell us for now.
Catherine
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