[optacon-l] Re: Optacon Use
- From: "Susan Webber" <Susan.Webber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:03:20 +0200
Although I was blind from before school, my mother had taught me the
sighted alphabet and I knew it before I went to school. So in High
School I heard of the Optacon and managed to use it, although I wasn't
one of the elect to have been offered lessons. To this day using it is
as vital to my independence as my guide-dog is.
So if it can be preserved and/or any other beneficial device developed
as a result of it, someone else may also have wings to fly in their own
way.
Kind regards
Susan
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilna Turnbull
Sent: 02 December 2009 11:29 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Use
It is our duty to preserve the Optacon not only for selfish reasons such
as maintenance of current appliance, but it is also our responsibility
to prevent the skill of using an Optacon to die. Isn't it time to
consider promoting the Optacon? What about persons losing their sight
later in life?
Regards
Wilna
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: 01 December 2009 11:41 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Optacon Use
Dianne,
Many of us are still opening new doors and blazing trails with the
Optacon. The novelty still exists too. If we plan for the Optacon to
have a future and to be available to another generation, it's important
to focus on the present--what the Optacon does now and how we can make
it do more.
Over these years as we worked to preserve existing Optacons, we have
recognized that the Optacon is more than just a specific device. The
concept of reading actual print in real time whether it is on paper, on
an appliance surface, or on a wall plaque is something that blind people
can't afford to lose even if only a relatively small number of persons
would give it the time and patience to become active users.
Some of our surveys have come in with individuals using the Optacon for
one or two tasks only. Whether we use the Optacon a little or a lot it's
the existence of this choice that is important.
Catherine
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