Do you like your written sigature?

Hear Again said:
no problem, lucia.

i learned how to write when i was 5 by using a braille primer that had raised tactile formations of letters. most braille primers have examples of raised capital and cursive lettering at the beginning of the book.

in 11th grade, i also learned how to use an opticon which is a device that converts print letters into a tactile image and vibration that is felt on the tip of one's finger.

you can read more about the opticon here:

Opticon@Everything2.com
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I am still confused about the opticon. I read the descriptions on the website you provided, but I am still rather confused. I tried to find a picture of the opticon I couldn't. Pictures would really help me a lot.
 
:wave: I luv my written signature on the back of checks I get to deposit in my bank account. :giggle: I would luv to see my signature more often. :laugh2:
 
I love mine cos its neat and simple as usual. But I suck at curly words. :P
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
I am still confused about the opticon. I read the descriptions on the website you provided, but I am still rather confused. I tried to find a picture of the opticon I couldn't. Pictures would really help me a lot.
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let me see if i can describe what the opticon looks like. it consisted of 2 pieces -- a handheld camera and a small base which contained several pins that moved up and down to form each letter.

there is a newer device called the videotim that is similar to the opticon. it might help give you some idea of what the opticon looked like:

http://www.abtim.com/home__e_/home__e_.html

http://www.abtim.com/home__e_/the_videotim/the_videotim.html

http://www.abtim.com/home__e_/usage/usage.html
 
Hear Again said:
let me see if i can describe what the opticon looks like. it consisted of 2 pieces -- a handheld camera and a small base which contained several pins that moved up and down to form each letter.

there is a newer device called the videotim that is similar to the opticon. it might help give you some idea of what the opticon looked like:

home (e)

the videotim

usage
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How much cost is it?
I guess price of $5,000. Right?
 
Hear Again said:
yes, i believe its' price is around $5,000.

as for the opticon, it sold for around $10,000 since it was manufactured in the 80s.
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I don't like that every deaf-blind equitments are very expensive. Did you get donating money for them from club organizations like Lion's club, Rotary's. etc?
 
Chevy57 said:
I don't like that every deaf-blind equitments are very expensive. Did you get donating money for them from club organizations like Lion's club, Rotary's. etc?
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my telebraille (braille tty) was paid for by my state's telephone assistance program in 1995.

my screen reader (window-eyes) and braille display (braille star 40) were both paid for by vocational rehabilitation.

my alertmaster 6000 with vibrating pager was also paid for by vocational rehabilitation.
 
Sound like he wanted a perfect daughter.....and everything must be in perfect...fuck it! I don't have a great handwriting either... It's not true that college won't accept anyone with messy handwriting...I've seen college professor have some messy handwriting, so what's the point? If I don't understand, I always ask what do you say on this or that! I try not to make any messy on piece of paper when I ask for something or order food etc.


LuciaDisturbed said:
I can draw beautifully, but my handwriting is horrible. My dad used to yell at me all the time for my bad penmanship and my bad signature. He would go over my homework each night to make sure that all my handwriting is neat and that my name is written in neatly and in full, no nicknames allowed. If there is something he does not like, he would make me do it all over again. I can write okay if I try very very very hard, but it takes a LOT of effort, and it hurts my hand. For some reason, drawing doesn't hurt my hands, but writing does. But he doesn't care about that, he demands that my handwriting be perfect and neat. He and his wife even told me that I would never get into college with the kind of handwriting and the kind of signature I have. They said that colleges would not accept students with messy handwriting and signatures, that they would only take students with neat and nice handwriting and signatures. Fuck him, he's an asshole.

Now, my handwriting is messy, and I refuse to put any extra effort in making it look neat, I will only make enough effort for it to be readable by others if it is for others to read, and I refuse to make my signature look beautiful and neat. It is just a scribble now. As long as it shows that it is MY signature, that is all that matters. Fuck what people thinks of my handwriting and my signature.

My fiance ordered me some ink for my printer, and as soon as I get the ink and have it put into my printer, everything I write is going to be typed from now on. That way no one can complain about my writing. Typing is easier for me than writing is, anyway. And then everyone can just kiss my ass.
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I like my signature now than it was in the past. I changed my signature after I left my ex boyfriend. Then ever since I kept same way till I got married, had to change a bit for last name. :) But for my own writing, nope! Sometimes whenever I was in hurry and write..then I looked at it...damnit..what did I say on it?! LOL!
 
not unless the person refuses your signature, then we have to repeat it over again.
 
none of people can forge my signature because it is too hard to copy.

i love it.
 
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