[optacon-l] Re: Hi from a New Member
- From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:35:59 -0500
My Lord, talk about Washingtonians or former Washingtonians coming out of the
woodwork!
Welcome to Dan and Al from the Steve and Shannon now back in Lansing.
I wasn't aware one could change the magnification on those CRT lenses. I have
one and use it occasionally for computer troubleshooting. I wish it would
work on those clock radio and other appliance displays, but I'll bet the old
calculator lenses would work for that.
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan and Bonnie Tonge" <dandbtonge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:31 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Hi from a New Member
This is Dan from Mount Vernon, formerly from Seattle, WA. I have two Optacons
right now, one of the "new" models and one of the older ones. I am the one
that Catherine mentioned who used the Optacon to read the onscreen menu from
my VCR to program it. On an older VCR, I was able to read the display on the
front of the VCR as it didn't have capabilities for an onscreen menu. I was
pretty tickled, because even most sighted people I talk with didn't know how
to program theirs. Also, when one of those late-night infomercials was on,
they didn't give the number to call auditorially, just said it was at the
bottom of the screen. So I recorded a bit of the infomercial then put it on
play and pause, and was able to read the number with the Optacon. I just love
it, and was so distressed when they stopped making them, not too long after I
had just finished paying for one on a long-term financing deal with
Telesensory. Anyway, I even got the instructions on how to take the CRT l
ens apart and change the magnification inside, but I'm not sure where those
are. They sent a little, tiny screwdriver with which to take it apart, but I
have had too many moves and not sure if I still have that or not. I wouldn't
purposely let it go, but you know how things can get lost moving. Anyway,
just wanted to introduce myself. I am 57 years old and started using the
Optacon on my job in 1981. Talk with you all later. By the way, hello to Al.
Haven't talked with you in a long time.
Dan
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