I have attempted to read charts,with limited success. I've done it when the
symbols are clear, and it isn't a big chart. If you would like to join a
knitting list for blind and visually impaired knitters contact the list owner
at lot.of.yada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sue Mangis
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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Jeanne Lohest
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2018 1:12 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading knitting charts
Just in case, my phone number is +32 473 83 44 65, and I'm joinable by
WhatsApp (it's free!).
Amitiés
Jeanne
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From: Anne Robertson
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 8:52 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading knitting charts
Hello Jeanne,
I’m in France and have one of those lenses which I doubt I’ll ever use
again.
E-mail me at
Anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cheers,
Anne
On 3 Nov 2018, at 07:12, Jean-Christophe Lohest <jcjlohest@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Many thanks. I'm in contact with David, but he hasn't in stock what I'm
looking for.
Amitiés
Jeanne
Le sam. 3 nov. 2018 à 01:13, Maureen Hogg <m.e.hogg@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
Oehm Electronics
2194C Galveston Avenue
San Jose, CA 95122
408-971-6250
oehmelec@xxxxxxxxxxxx or oehmelec@xxxxxxxxxxx
If you're in Europe, Dave Godfrey in London is closer. I don't have his
contact info, though. I'm in Colorado, USA and deal only with Richard
Oehm.
Hope that help!
A bientot!
Maureen
On 11/2/2018 2:14 PM, Jean-Christophe Lohest wrote:
Hello,mine
I'm looking for a magnifying lense for an optacon R1D for a friend of
who has lost everything in a big fire of his apartment.écrit :
Could someone help me with this and also give me the e-mail address of
Mr
Richard Oehme?
Thank you in advance.
Jeanne
Le ven. 2 nov. 2018 Ã 18:35, Peggy <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a
secure
Sometimes enlarging the chart helps. I also use a magnetic board to
worththe pattern chart to keep it from moving. Can be time consuming since I
have to count number of squares to keep track of where I am, but it's
picturesit. Because of the Optacon, I have been able to make sweaters with
beon them.
Peggy and Dixie Marie
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On Nov 2, 2018, at 9:56 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Peggy.
I've tried to read knitting charts with the Optacon, but I had trouble
determining where I was in the pattern, and also determining symbols in
some
cases where the symbols were small and complex.
Any tips would be welcome.
Tracy
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optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Peggy (Redacted sender "nocyou" for DMARC)
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2018 9:33 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: I Can Read Again!
I use my Optacon to read knit and crochet patterns that are written
with
charts. A scanner could never read that. Braille wouldn't work either.
Peggy and Dixie Marie
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 1, 2018, at 8:49 PM, Maureen Hogg <m.e.hogg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ThThe Optacon can still be used to access material you'd never get in
digital talking books, braille, or as a download into your iPhone.
American Printing House for the Blind just suspended production of the
Reader's Digest in braille and audio format; and Newsweek in audio
format. There is no funding to continue those programs. I switched to
my
iPhone and looked for the Reader's Digest app in the App Store. Well,
it's there, but it is not accessible to either VoiceOver or braille
only. Strangely, RD Digital is image capture that bears no resemblance
to anything access technology has yet seen. I simply went to the
subscription page on RD and ordered a print subscription for two years
at $15. I'll use the Optacon to read it.
Regards!
Maureen
On 11/1/2018 6:17 PM, Marsha Macchi wrote:LaBelle
Hello, Petra. You might not remember me. My name is Marsha. It was
when you knew me. I got my training in Palo Alto in 1976. I alsowith
worked
people to train them in the use of the Optacon.. I believed then--andstill
do--think that the Optacon is useful as you learn how documents should
names,formatted, how print pages are laid out in a book, looked up drug
wemedical terms, lab values and the like when the Optacon was about all
uphad
if you wanted to have access to the needed stuff that went into making
Bookshare,a
patient's chsart. I remember my first book was also The Girl Who Knewule
R
One. It's funny how we remember our first print books with that then
newfound tool that gave us access to print directly for the first
time.
UYes, we have all the digital books that you can download from
likeBARD, Learning Ally, Audible and the like, but there's nothing quite
shopbeing able to run around in the bookstores like some kid in a candy
neverjust because here was access to all kinds of books that up to thatwe
time
couldn't read directly when they came out. By the time they were ontalking
books, they would be old hat.[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Well, I'm sure this is all you probably never wanted to know about the
efficacy of the Optacon and how sad that it isn't being made anymore.
Marsha
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On Behalf Of petra
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2018 4:59 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: I Can Read Again!
Good afternoon:
I went through Optacon training inPalo Alto in 1972 I think. I'll
forforget my first book, "The Girl Who Knew Rule One".get
When I got home from training I went to a book store and bought so
many
books I could hardly carry all of them.
Later I became a trainer myself and started a non-profit to help
others
Optacons because I believed the Optacon would open the world. It did
bya
deaf-blind woman I trained and me. Because of the Optacon I was hired
theUnited Airlines and worked for them for 25 years. And because ofMy
that,
daughter and I went to Hawaii, London, Thailand, and Kenya.the
I wouldn't trade my Optacons for anything I can think of.
Petra
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From: Carolyn Arnold <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018 2:54 pm
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: I Can Read Again!
Oh yes, I forget the name of my first book about a character
named Anne-Louise, and then I read "Amberwood," both paper
backs of my mom's about some pretty terrible characters.
Anne wasn't as bad as Amberwood.
Best regards,
Carolyn
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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of peter
wilkins
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 7:15 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: I Can Read Again!
I did my training in 1982, and my first book was The Moon's
A Balloon, by David Niven.
I used to practice every night, but my breakthrough came
when I bought a very complicated cassette deck, which had
all sorts of facilities on it which you don't see on many
decks, and I got so engrossed in reading the manual that I
forgot about the discomfort in my finger, and from then on I
was able to read for longer periods without getting
irritated.
Peter
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