[optacon-l] Re: KNFB reader
- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:35:05 -0700
Hi, Linda,
Yes, the cake was yummy! How well does the KNFB Reader work, and how
versatile is it?
Lori
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:26 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Labels was Reading recipe books with
myoptacon
> I'm almost thinking of taking my Optacon to a Reconnection Healing seminar
> in L.A. in case
> I need to read between shampoo or body lotion bottles, but then again,
> it's also tempting to take the
> KNFB Reader that I now have thanks to my mom and Cindy Handel, who is on
> this list, in case I
> want to read menus. Aaahhh, decisions, decisions!
> Lori, bet that cake tasted yummy!
>
> Linda G.
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:19:29 -0700, Lori Castner wrote:
>
>
>>Well, this was not lifesaving, but yesterday my husband bought two loaf
>>cakes at the market--one for us and one for a group. We wanted the
>>"butter
>>vanilla" one for us. The words "butter vanilla" were written in huge
>>white
>>letters on a dark background among a bunch of pictures on a large label.
>>I
>>got the right cake for us; a scanner would have made gibberish of that
>>label! And the butter vanilla cake was delicious!
>>
>>Lori
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Hermina Turnbull" <WTurnbull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:24 AM
>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>
>>
>>>Well, what a life saver the Optacon is!!! I had a bad cut and used my
>>>Optacon to read the name of the correct ointment. Do that with a
>>>scanner? I must add that I did not have the box of the ointment and
>>>therefore read the name on the tube. Apart from using my Optacon for my
>>>daily work constantly I will definitely be lost without it.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>Wilna Turnbull
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Webber
>>>Sent: 15 September 2009 08:41 AM
>>>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>
>>>Thanks. I'll try that.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Karla Westjohn
>>>Sent: 14 September 2009 05:13 PM
>>>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>
>>>
>>>Gently weigh down the page you are not reading. The operative word here
>>>is
>>>GENTLY. Gentle, even pressure will open the book widely enough to let
>>>you
>>>get the camera along the spine of the book without damaging it.
>>>
>>>Karla Westjohn
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Susan Webber" <Susan.Webber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:30 AM
>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I have a recipe book for my microwave/convection oven. The print gets
>>>close
>>>to the binding edge of the book and I find reading in it difficult with
>>>my
>>>optacon. I don't want to disassemble the book to be able to read it
>>>better.
>>>Any advice?
>>>
>>>Kind regards
>>>
>>>Susan
>>>
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