[Blindtlk] Thank God for the Optacon+ACEAIQ-

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Sandra,

Just going through old mail and found this. I agree, new-fang led OCR 
technologies will never hold a candle to the versatility of the 
precious Opticon although nowadays, brain damage for me has 
compromised tactile sensation. Good on you, though, maiking the 
Opticon work for you!
CarAt 10:05 AM 11/8/2017, S L Johnson via blindtlk wrote:
>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+AEA-comcast.net
>
>
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