Re: Modern Optacon
- From: dg140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles Pond)
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:09:23 -0500 (EST)
I learned many of my uppercase letters from goold ol' Sesami Street, and
from phonetic association with the leters' shapes. I hegan to learn the
optacon when I was about 11 or 12. I developed bad habits of moving the
camera up and down or around the letters, which I still do, alas.
Charels
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>Hi.
>I did not know print when I learned the optacon. i was blinded at the age of
>three,
>so when I learned the optacon at the age of 20, i had to learn
>from scratch. it wasn't easy, but
>I went through a 2 week course,
>and then practiced a lot.
>so it can be done.
>some sort of automated training system would have to be developed.
>while at blazie, we talked about, and we came up
>with some ideas, everything except teaching
>proper tracking techniques.
>
>phil
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