[Nfb-krafters-korner] Use of CCTV for Krafting

Mon Aug 23 12:17:27 UTC 2010

Hi Terry,
Well if we went somewhere together, you with central vision, and me with 
peripheral vision, we would be able to get around!  I could get us to the 
right department, and you could get us the right object we were seeking.

I first encountered the CCTV at the Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services 
School I attended for 15 weeks. It is in Homestead, PA. I can highly 
recommend it to anyone who might be thinking of doing training. It was a 
Godsend to me.

You have to practice a LOT to use the CCTV - at first just a few minutes on 
it sent me into an all day long headache and bad eye day. But, with 
practice, my eyes began to adjust to it and now I can work on it for hours 
sometimes.

Because I have some peripheral vision (20/700) I can use it with a very 
large screen and high contrast - black/white.

At the school, there were people with tunnel vision. They could use the CCTV 
and the Zoomtext on the computer very well. Perhaps with lots of practice 
you could use it, I use a combination of JAWS and ZoomText to do the 
computer. If there is a page of text or long messages on E-mail, it is too 
exhausting for me to try to read it visually. It would take forever, as I 
can only read a little bit at a time and it has to be very large - white on 
Black screen. I cannot see my keyboard and do that nonvisually, too.

The CCTV is helping me with little details that I have been unable to do 
non-visually - like putting the clasps on my jewelry, and doing encrusted 
bead working again.

I have two CCTVs - one for my office, and one for my studio. With them, I am 
able to do tons of things I could not be doing otherwise, or with great 
difficulty. I just lost my sight less than 3 years ago, and very suddenly, 
so these have helped me a lot to be the person I have been before, but with 
adaptations.

Lynda

Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Day for Me

> Hi Linda;
> I have just the opposite.  I have tunnel vision, so my field of vision is 
> very small.  I describe my sight as, a quick motion of the eye to put a 
> picture together.  They tried a cc tv on me, once, and I could only read 6 
> words a minute.  My sight used to be 20/400, long ago.  I am sure it is 
> not that good any more.  I use my sight to tell most colors, view the 
> trees and buildings and more, but I use a cane when outside.  I can read 
> jumbo print, when I write it.  Almost everything else I do tactually.
> I can see a computer screen and describe it, but surely not read it.
>
> So what can you actually do with the cc tv.  With periferal vision, I am 
> surprised you can use such a device.  I have trouble focusing.  If print 
> is to big, it is just as bad as it is if it is when it is to small.  It is 
> a mistory to me, how a normally sighted person can focus and see a whole 
> word at one time and I most of the time can not even focus on the whole 
> letter.  I have to scan the letter to tell if it is a O, D or B.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:30 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Day for Me
>
> It is a large closed circuit television - CCTV - you put something down on 
> the base of it which is a large movable pad, then it is enlarged to a 
> degree that works for you. I have some peripheral vision, so it works for 
> me. I have no central vision, which means I cannot see much color nor any 
> detail at all. My condition is the lowest level of "low vision."
>
> But, with this machine I am able to actually read some text and see my 
> beading as necessary. I do it mostly non-visually, then use the machine 
> for very intricate detail and it is working for me. The machine cost 
> $2,800. - I actually have two CCTVs. One is an Acrobat, with the camera 
> outside and movable so it is very versatile. I have one in my studio and 
> one in my office now.
>
> The Merlin seems to be so much more bright and detailed than the acrobat.
> These machines would be very wonderful for anyone who has some vision of 
> any level I am sure since my condition is called "Proufound Low Vision" so 
> if I had more of it, it would work even better. But I am thrilled to have 
> this piece of equipment!
> Lynda
> Lynda Lambert
> River Road Studio, Since 1976
> www.lyndalambert.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Day for Me
>
>
>> what kind of machine is this? I have never heard of it.
>> Great you can use it so well!
>> --le
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:38 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Happy Day for Me
>>
>>
>> I have just recieved a brand spankin new Merlin LCD - Oh, My Goodness!
>> What
>> can I say! This is an amazing machine, and I can actually SEE my
>> beadwork when using it...I have a small amount of  peripheral vision
>> but no central vision. But I can SEe with this machine. I am so
>> thankful for this machine.
>> Whatta Day! Amen!!!!
>> Lynda
>>
>> "I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods."
>> _Georg Trakl, Austrian poet
>>
>>
>>
>> Visit my website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>>
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