[optacon-l] Re: AW: Re: To All Subscribers Of This List
- From: "Fran" <fran.italy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 19:51:59 +0100
Well Nick, I can assure you that in Italy none of that was available until
the early 90s, at least not to the typical disabled person.
Not every country is like America!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 4:27 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: AW: Re: To All Subscribers Of This List
> You're wrong on all of those contentions. They just weren't as widely
> available.
>
> Ray Kurzweil's first Reading machine came out in 1976 or '78, I and about
> 100 other blind people were using talking and braille output General
> Purpose
> personal Micro Computers in 1982. Before that some of us were using Total
> Talk speech Output Terminals, and Triformation Systems braille output
> terminals which embossed on paper tape 1970, then on paper with the advent
> of the L.E.D.-120 in 1974.
>
> It was a time of high drama, passion and adventure. My mentors taught me
> that there was no single device that was a panacea, they were all just
> weapons for freedom and independence in my personal arsenal and those of
> other blind person's armories...
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Fran
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:01 PM
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>
> Yes it's sad, especially considering that the blind community gave up the
> optacon at a time when computers, scanners and downloadable audiobooks
> weren't yet available. If the optacon is so important today, with all this
> wonderful technology, in the past its contribution to our freedom was
> priceless. Those of us who were tough enough - LOL - were really blessed.
> I can't help feeling a bit angry at the blind community sometimes, because
> if their attitude had been different, we certainly wouldn't be so scared
> to
> death that our machine may die on us, and we would be using sci-fi
> optacons,
> that could be operated with one hand, make less noise, have much higher
> contrast, and so much more...
>
> Fran
>
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