[visionrehabtherapist] Re: OrCam

  • From: "Debra Sokol-McKay" <dasmot@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <lag324@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <krisbrown@xxxxxx>, "'VRT Listserve'" <visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 14:02:24 -0400



I had a similar experience regarding offering to be a trainer and not
getting a response - one was an e-mail to Orcam about a year ago and one
was 2 weeks ago. A friend of mine had been in contact with their Sales
Director and reintroduced me 2 weeks ago. This friend of mine was to attend
a training seminar for Orcam trainers next week but had to back out. So
Orcam is still out there. I can't explain their lack of response. Leah and
Kristina, you can personally e-mail me to discuss this further.





Debbie



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[mailto:visionrehabtherapist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leah Gerlach
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Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: OrCam



I have been attempting to correspond with OrCam directly over the past 2
years. They respond to my e-mails with a general answer but are not
following through with my requests for a unit or to be considered as a
trainer. So my response is that they are very unreliable with their support
of the device. I even talked with their representatives while at CSUN and
they assured me someone would get back to me, still no response. So good
luck



Leah Gerlach, M.S.
Rehabilitation Counselor and Assistive Technology Specialist


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Kristina L.
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Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] OrCam



Does anyone out there have experience with the OrCam? Link is below.

<http://www.orcam.com/> http://www.orcam.com/



I work for Division of Voc Rehab in ND and our program has purchased 2 of
these units for low vision/blind participants in voc rehab program. Although
each individual has completed the training for the use of the device and are
proficient in theory on how it functions, They are not experiencing anywhere
near 100% accuracy with the unit. Sitting at a table and reading printed
material in a controlled environment it performs very well at OCR. But when
taken out into the community to try to read street signs, labels on food or
other store items we are running into all kinds of problems. I am trying to
get the representative back here to complete further training, but no luck
yet. The company only allows for 3 hours of training when the unit is hand
delivered to client and when that's used up, all that is left to do is call
customer support. What we need is more hands on training in various
settings. If anyone has any experience with this product I would sure
appreciate off list discussion.

Thanks so much

Kristina.



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