Re: reading books
- From: "Anthony Vece" <ajvece@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:56:32 -0400
Hi Lori;
I probably could live without it also however, it gives the process some kind
of presence.
Sincerely
Anthony Vece
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike and Lori Castner
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: reading books
Anthony, I agree with you about the sound. When I get off track, the sound
obviously changes. For me, the sound is part of the reading process, but I
could live without it.
Lori Castner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <ajvece@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: reading books
> Hi Everyone;
> That sound goes along with the print that I am reading.
>
> It's a guide.
>
> I can't explain it any further except to say that it helps me read in a
> straight line.
>
> No one of any consequence has ever given me any problems about that sound.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Anthony Vece
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mary Ellen Earls
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: reading books
>
>
> Well the only person in my family whosaid anything about the sound was my
> oldest Sister who lived out of town and all she wanted to know was what
> the
> buzzing was.
> I was never allowed to bring it to work (quite another story.) Anyway I
> had
> enough harassment without that.
> Mary Ellen Earls
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: reading books
>
>
> Mary Ellen,
>
> Great story; I am glad your family was so receptive to the optacon. Mine
> didn't get too excited. In fact, the sound really annoyed them. One day I
> came home from computer school with a detailed homework assignment
> written
> on a single page, but closely typed in small print. I was reading it,
> trying
> to absorb every detail, when Mom said she had a head ache and wanted me
> to
> quit. Well, I quit for about an hour, but then when she was off doing
> something else I finished reading the assignment. I also had problems
> during
> my first few years of work when we had terminal rooms, where everybody
> went
> to use computer terminals instead of having them in our offices; I'd go
> in
> and read the screen while working, and people would start to leave; one
> guy
> said something about it sounding like a Minnesota lightning bug; when we
> finally got our own terminals, (this was before the PC was available),
> people across the hall and in surrounding offices would shut their doors
> because of the sound. Too bad the machine couldn't have been made more
> quiet; fortunately I'm away from that now, and I can read at 3 in the
> morning if I want to. I guess the neighbors don't think much of it; they
> probably say, "That blind lady is using her equipment again."
>
> Mary
>
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