[optacon-l] Re: Building up reading endurance
- From: "CH ARNOLD" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:34:04 -0400
Finger switching is tempting. When I got my Optacon, I got paper back
novels. I'd read some every night and did that for a couple of years. That
and with using it at work brought my proficiency up.
One time the salesman in our area came to my job and had the display screen.
The people at work were astounded, said they couldn't read as fast as the
letters were crossing the screen and didn't see how in the world I read
carbons (in the '70's).
We had a lot of foreign doctors, and one who was not said he figured with me
using Braille and the Optacon that I was working in two languages.
(GIFT) - God is forever true,
Carolyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Natalie" <nataliej@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:04 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Building up reading endurance
I'm sure it's your finger, primarily. This happens at first but if you use
the Optacon some every time you think of it your endurance builds up. When
it happened to me in ttraining I switched to my middle finger when my index
got tired and as my instructor was sighted she noticed that I did that and
really ggave me a lecture. I guess you're creating a nerve path from your
primary finger to your brain and if you switch fingers you are doing a lot
of harm in making progress. Stick with the same finger and quit when you
get tired. Do not switch fingers. It's tempting though. Good luck with
it!!
Natalie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:54 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Building up reading endurance
> Hello to all.
> Dan Weiner (pronounced to rhyme with finer) from Florida.
> I took optacon classes in the sixth grade and in 1998 I bought an optacon
> from a friend.
> I didn't use it for a long time and found I needed to repair it, and our
> friend, Richard, did a real craftsman's work on it and now it's working
> like
> a charm.
>
> So here's the deal.
> I recognize letters very well and want to be more proficient.
> But my finger gets tired after maybe two or three lines, what I mean is
> that
> for some reason the image of the letters in my mind becomes blurry, so
> that's either my mind or my fingers, don't know which--lol.
>
> So I have to stop and start again, but I want to develop my stamina so I'm
> reading pages at a time, not lines.
> Any ideas of things you've found.
>
> I'm rediscovering what a wonderful tool the optacon is, but want to get my
> use of it to the maximum.
>
> Any ideas.
> I should correct when I said "fingers" getting tired I rally meant
> "finger"
> of course.
>
> My arm seems all right, I mean I have no problem correcting myself so that
> I'm reading a straight line or anything.
> I'm just wondering if you think it's my mind or my finger--lol--and if so
> how to build up endurance.
>
> I don't care about speed, just stamina.
>
>
> Yours warmly,
>
> Dan W. from Florida with the Parker Dog who always stares wonderingly at
> the
> optacon for a few seconds when I turn it on
> I think he wonders what the buzz is.
>
>
> P.S., was Tracy Carceone from the list at the NFB convention? I could
> swear
> I recognized your voice and I think you were sitting behind me at the
> guide
> dog users seminar...
> I know I'm misspelling your name--lol
>
>
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