[Electronics-Talk] Optacons

[Georgia Kitchen]

Hi, my name is Georgia. I'm often giving given things when blind people die
and I do have a Opticon. I've never turned it on. I don't even know if I
know how to turn it on but at any rate if you're interested in it, give me
a call and somehow we'll figure out how to get it to you. I probably can
mail it free matter. It's got the leather case the little thing that you
practice so you go straight on the line and so forth I've never used it. I
sure like to get rid of it. I've got Marie of health problems and including
cancer so if I can get off my hands, it would be a good thing thank you bye

Georgia Kitchen
Genesee County Chapter National Federation of the Blind
NFB-Newsline



On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 7:57 PM Amanda Lee via Electronics-Talk <
electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I so wish I had a working optacon.
>
> Despite AI, OCR on a cellphone, or laptop, Despite Aira, Be My Eyes and
> all of that! There are still uses for an Optacon, which I haven't found
> anywhere.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Nadja Oeberg via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 7:39 PM
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> Cc: Nadja Oeberg <leyeshprintse at icloud.com>
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Optacons
>
> BS’D
>
> Hi,
>
> I heard about the optacons around 10 years ago by some Blind friends who
> are a generation older than me and it sounded like a dream aid for me as a
> book lover. Anyone is willing to shortly redescribe how the optacon works?
> Thank you!
>
> לשלום,
> Leye-Shprintse Teller
> Brooklyn (N.Y.), U.S.
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>
> Sent From My iPhone 14
>
> > On Sep 16, 2024, at 6:34 PM, Tom Lange via Electronics-Talk <
> electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have several Optacons in my closet that haven't been used in many
> years.
> > With Open Book, PictureSmart and the various scanning apps that I have
> > on my iPhone, I doubt that I'll ever use the Optacons again even if I
> wanted to.
> > The batteries won't take a charge anymore, and there may be one in the
> > bunch that took a static charge to the tactile array. There used to be
> > a guy out here in Los Angeles, Leo Drell,  who used to refurbish
> > Optacons, but I seem to recall hearing somewhere that he's no longer
> > doing that. Does anyone know of someone who is refurbishing them these
> > days?  Perhaps I can get in touch with him and see if he'd like these
> old units for parts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom
> >
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