Beth: The devices serve different and, most of us contend, mutually-exclusive purposes. I am not criticizing you. I merely observe that provision of a braille display doesn't meet the need filled by the Optacon and part of our problem is that people in a position to do the development work don't seem to understand this. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "beth" <fb-oe@xxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:36 AM Subject: Modern Optacon > What you guys are suggesting assumes knowledge of print. For those of us > who have been blind from birth and who never learned print, something like > what is being worked on now--which will give Braille--would be necessary. > So, we need both fronts worked on. Beth > > > 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 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.