Oh yes, when I worked as a medical secretary in Surgical
Pathology in a major hospital in Houston, one of the doctors
said I worked in two languages, because of Braille and my
Optacon.
Best regards,
Carolyn
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sunshine
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I received my first Optacon in 1997. When I began working at
the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, after a
while, I received my certification to teach. I really
enjoyed that. I still have my original Optacon and the
smaller one with two batteries. I wouldn't be without them
for anything in the world.
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Phone: 918-884-8352
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On Nov 1, 2018, at 7:03 PM, Marsha Macchi<marshamac669@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
car accident
My Optacon training was in September 1976, just after a
in which I was mowed down by a drunk driver. I went to myguide dog
school to reunite with my first guide dog. After doingthat I went
right into Optacon training. I didn't even get to go homefirst. If
that wasn't going from the frying pan to the fire to thefloor, I
don't know what was. Right after that I went almost rightback to work as a medical transcriptionist.
After my Optacon II was stolen, I haven't been able toread print
directly since though the lessons learned from using itwas of great
help to me as I later learned the layout of computerscreens with the
optacon and then later on learned DOS and then Windowswith a screen
reader and having learned the direct reading of print, Ilearned the
ins and outs of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, FTPsoftware and now
using an IPhone as one of the tools of the technologytrade.
I would like to be blessed with an Optacon so I can readagain. I miss
it very much because I loved taking it anywhere I reallywanted to go
and took it on airplanes to read books and magazines, muchto the
flight attendants who sometimes freaked out. The thing Imost miss is
the portability of the optacon.Keithley
Oh well, I guess such is life.
Marsha
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Mine was in September of 1974.
Best regards,
Carolyn
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 5:51 PMJonathon
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I did my training in 1974, I Think, and my book was
Livingston Seagull in paperback. Took around twoeveningss, but I
actually finished that book.at
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From: Noel Runyan <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:05 pm
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: I Can Read Again!
the Flamingo
Pat,
I got my training the same summer, with our classroom in
Hotel and reading my first Optacon book called, "The RatCatcher of
Coomow" or something like that. I was probably reading
a levelhave
equivalent to fifth grade, but I was reading!
Cheers,
Noel
At 05:22 PM 10/30/2018, you wrote:
Carolyn,
I've spent the last two hours figuring it out! Must
beenit,
I did,July/August 1973. I can't get it any closer than that!
however, get the first R1C off the line. I still own
after aCame
variety of trips to Richard.
We really worked hard those two weeks in Palo Alto.
home with a"subscribe"
September of 1974.great skill set.
pat At 04:48 PM 10/30/2018, you wrote:
When were you at Palo Alto, Pat? I was there in
Pat Byrne
Best regards,
Carolyn
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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 8:01 PM
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I've used a R1C and r1D right handed, index finger for
handedhave read. Didn't want to wait for TSI to build a left
quit - lots ofunit. Trained at Palo Alto the summer before Nixon
of years.talk around the restaurant tables about that. So, lots
withpat ByrneAt 06:12 PM 10/29/2018, you wrote:
Well, there are some of us who use the R1D and read
Optacon IIthe right
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Sue Mangis
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Hello Anne.
As I'm sure you will know, the advantage of an
array isis that you
can use any finger on either hand to read, as the
whichopen, and
not in an enclosed space as in the Optacon R 1 D,
"unsubscribe"limits you to
the index finger on your left hand.
Best wishes,
Peter
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