Cindy: My experience with handwriting is much like yours. There are a few people whose handwriting is very clear and I can read it with the optacon, but this is rare. But I used to have vision enough to be able to read with my nose in a book, and I had the same problems with reading handwriting using my eyes as I have with it using the optacon. Gail 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.