[Jobs] Technical Question

[Rovig, Lorraine]

Have you tried the K-NFB Reader, Dick? It read the tiny serial number
off a small battery.
Lorraine 

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From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dick Davis
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:25 AM
To: 'Jobs for the Blind'
Subject: [Jobs] Technical Question

I have a student who has completed most of her credits toward a pharmacy
degree and will be doing clinical rotations at different pharmacies
after she has finished her center training.  One of the responsibilities
she will have is making certain that prescriptions filled by the
pharmacy technicians contain the right pills.  She can do some of this
by shape and color, since she has some remaining eyesight.  However,
there are many white pills that look the same.  

I know that pills have certain numbers and codes embossed into them.
I've been trying to think of a way she could read them, as they are very
small.
It may be possible for her to use a CCTV on high magnification with the
light shut off and a separate light source shining from the side.  That
would make a shadow in the embossed numbers, hopefully making them
easier to see.  It's the same principle a sighted person uses to read
interpoint Braille.  

Another idea I have is to see if a macro lens could be placed over the
camera lens in the Kurzweil-NFB Reader, again with the light source off
to the side.  That might make it possible to use the reader as a sort of
microscope for small items, and it would not require that she use her
remaining vision.  

Have any of you dealt with this issue, or something like it?  Do any of
you
know possible solutions to her dilemma?   If so, I'd appreciate knowing
of
them, and I imagine others would to.  If you choose to reply directly to
me, my e-mail is ddavis at blindinc.org.

Thanks very much for any help you can offer.

Dick Davis
Assistant Director for Employment Programs BLIND, Inc.  


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