Well, I just wanted to add my voice. My experience is the same. It is a shame it was not replaced as such but who knows? Cheers from Paris. Alain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:41 PM Subject: [optacon-l] Re: John Linvill's obituary > So many of us have reason to be grateful to John Linvill. The Optacon > allowed me to work as a systems programmer here in France, without having > to find any other kind of help. I'd had one on loan from the government > when I worked in England, but when we moved to France, I missed it so much > that we bought my one of my own. I still have it and another one, too. > > I always keep an Optacon close at hand because you never know when you're > going to need it. I needed it to read a capcha the other day, and I've > needed it to see what was going on on my iPhone when it couldn't read a > screen. > > The Optacon is the one piece of specialised equipment I couldn't live > without. > > cheers, > > Anne > > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.