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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, Now you've got me, as I wonder how close you
truly are to my age. *smile*</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is still a very active group of Optacon users
and a few repairmen out there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I still have mine, it is my own fault that I do not
read faster with it. I honestly believe that it bolstered my handwriting
skills.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can't wait for more things to come down the
pipeline.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lori</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Lori, you just told me your age which is around mine.--smile-- Yes,
I had an optacon also--kind of bummed they went by the wayside.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>It is coming though..sooner than we realize. The chip inside this
digimemo is so small. It is just a matter of someone in the phone business of
better with the knfb reader, adding it in and Viola....we have something
recognizing handwriting in something portable</SPAN></DIV>
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color=#4040ff> Denise </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <BR>Teacher of the Blind & Visually
Impaired<BR>TechVision-Independent Contractor</DIV>
<DIV>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training</DIV>
<DIV>509-674-1853 <A href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com"
target=_blank rel=nofollow> deniserob@gmail.com</A></DIV>
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Zephyr <twilight2@kconline.com><BR><B><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I recently acquired one, but was not
familiar with accuracy for handwriting.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a former Optacon user, ideally, I'd like a
tiny handheld device that could give you more information about formating,
etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Never hurts to dream!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lori</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com href="mailto:dmehlenbacher@yahoo.com"
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:31 PM</DIV>
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Re: [Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Ok Lori--there is</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>The NFB-Kurzweil reader is the size of a phone because it is a
phone but also has a camera attached. You hold it over anything in print
about your elbow to arm length, take a picture and it will read the text
to you. I will do a longer blog on this to more fully explain its
capabilites </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
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color=#4040ff> Denise
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<DIV>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <BR>Teacher of the Blind &
Visually Impaired<BR>TechVision-Independent Contractor</DIV>
<DIV>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training</DIV>
<DIV>509-674-1853 <A href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com"
target=_blank rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com"> deniserob@gmail.com</A></DIV>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Zephyr
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Professionals in Blindness
Education Division List <pibe-division@nfbnet.org><BR><B><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wow! It's not Sci-fi any more?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, I want an ap that can scan and read
hand-writing. I can always hope there already something in existence
that I am just in the dark about.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for sharing the topics which should
be brought to the attention of all blind students, families, and
teachers and administrators.</FONT></DIV>
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[Pibe-division] Digital Handwritten Notes</DIV>
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<H3 class="yiv6197010post-title yiv6197010entry-title"><A
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target=_blank rel=nofollow>Digital Handwritten Notes</A> </H3>
<DIV>Digital Handwritten Notes. it sounds like an oxymoron...kind of
like a hairy bald guy, but it is here.<BR><BR>The writing surface is
about the size of a small piece of paper. The whole board is light and
easy to carry and about the size of an 8x11 piece of paper. It is a
tiny computer and you can add more RAM- with a memory card.
<BR><BR>The blind student can take the digital note-taking device to a
class where the teacher is very driven by writing on the board. The
blind student hands it to a sighted student and she takes notes on it.
At the end of class, the sighted student rips off the pages for
themself and hands the board back to the blind student. The blind
student can then download all the notes onto the computer. In tangent
with this is a handwriting recognition tool, which translates the
handwriting into digital text that talking software can read. Note
taking made easy.<BR><BR>This is the one I have been using and as long
as the handwritten notes are legible, the pad can read it to the
computer. <A
href="http://www.amazon.com/SolidTek-DigiMemo-692-Digital-Notepad/dp/B0009OD4CS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1316716386&sr=8-3"
target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#473624>SolidTek DigiMemo 692
Digital Notepad with Memory by SolidTek </FONT></A><BR><BR>If you read
this information in my blog, http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/ you
can just click on the links and it will take you directly to the
product, or if you are using talking software, just bring up your
links and you can go to the product. This is true for all the
information in the blog.<BR></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN
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color=#4040ff> Denise
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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<DIV>Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. <BR>Teacher of the Blind &
Visually Impaired<BR>TechVision-Independent Contractor</DIV>
<DIV>Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training</DIV>
<DIV>509-674-1853 <A
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