[Electronics-Talk] +AFs-Electronics-Talk+AF0- Thank God for the Optacon+-ACEAIQ-

[cheez]

Call me weird, but I used to like the way the optacon smelled.  It always 
had that new electronics odor.
The only thing that drove me nuts was the vibration.  Even as I speak of the 
device I can feel that tingling sensation in my left forefinger.
But it did help me learn what lowercased letters looked like.

Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Keller via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Jenny Keller" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] +AFs-Electronics-Talk+AF0- Thank God for the 
Optacon+-ACEAIQ-


> OK, call me cynical, but, I think part of the reason why no one makes it 
> anymore is because it can do so much more than something that is much more 
> expensive Ken now.
>
> Opticon can sometimes blow the water out of several devices or apps and I 
> wonder if companies would rather make more expensive device is an app?
>
> OK, send it to them over.
>
>
> Jenny
>
>> On Nov 8, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk 
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sandy.
>> I couldn't agree more.  Yesterday, I got a package in the mail I wasn't 
>> expecting and my husband didn't remember.  I tried 2 different apps to 
>> read it, and both didn't say anything useful.  But the Optacon identified 
>> the address as handwritten, and I was able to decipher enough for my 
>> husband to figure out what it was, and know it really was for us.
>> I don't use mine every day, but, when I need it, I'm very glad to have 
>> it.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of S L Johnson via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 1:05 PM
>> To: Blind-Talk
>> Cc: S L Johnson; electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Thank God for the Optacon+ACEAIQ-
>>
>> 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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