[Blindtlk] Thank God for the Optacon+ACEAIQ-

[S L Johnson]

Hello NFB Friends:

I am so thankful that I still have my Optacon.  I had received some 
paperwork that needed to be signed and dated in a specific place.  I was 
able to find the correct place on the document and then check to be sure my 
pen had worked.  I also was able to check to be sure my printer had printed 
the envelope correctly.  There is nothing worse than sending in an unsigned 
document because your pen did not work or mailing a blank envelope because 
your printer was out of ink.

I got a shipment from CVS for some over the counter medications and first 
aid products.  I had no way of knowing which bottle was which.  I put them 
on my scanner which could not read them.  So then I got out my trusty 
Optacon and proceeded to read them and label them in Braille.  I do this 
when my groceries are delivered too.  In all these years since the Optacon 
was discontinued nobody has come with a device that can read almost 
anything.

I have also done some interesting things with my optacon such as, locating 
the  blank space in order to sign greeting cards, telling which side of 
wrapping paper was the printed side, distinguishing my pale blue pants from 
the navy pants by feeling the density of the vibrations on the tactile 
display, distinguishing my printed shirt from the solid colored one by 
feeling the difference in the display vibrations.
I guess what I am trying to say is it is too bad this wonderful technology 
is no longer available to the blind.

Sandra Johnson
SLJohnson25 at comcast.net 
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