[optacon-l] Re: Survey Update
- From: "Albert Sanchez" <albertsanchez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:01:48 -0500
Hi List
I have three optacons in need of repair, one of them is a lefthanded unit. I
plan on looking into getting at least one of them repaired. What a great
list!
Albert Sanchez
Al's Piano Tuning & Repair
215 John Avenue
Greenville, NC 27858-4113
252-757-3023
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:09 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Survey Update
> Hi, Listers,
> Hi, Listers,
> Inquiries are still coming in from our most recent hand-out posting.
> Almost every correspondent at this time has at least one broken Optacon. I
> am so pleased that we can help with this.
> Most of the respondents have taken our survey as well and plan to join our
> list. Don, let us know when we reach 170 members.
> One of our respondents is quite a power Optacon user. He is able to
> program his VCR and he figured out a way to use the VCR to capture those
> annoying phone numbers on the bottom of TV screens during some TV
> programs. To all who recently joined the list, welcome.
> If anyone has a scanner and software they no longer want, one of our
> respondents might be interested if the price is low.
> Richard Oehm says to tell listers that he is back on eail but very behind.
> He will respond to all repair inquiries as soon as he can.
> OOur technical group has not been idle. They have been gathering all the
> technical and fabrication information to do with the Optacon so that
> everyone who needs it has access to it and that the material is all
> assembled in one place. Apparently while working together they have
> already come up with a possible way to refabricate the repeater cable.
> There was something about connectors that had been a problem. Bravo, you
> Optacon wizards. Keep up the good work.
> If anyone has an engineering background and might like to join the
> technichal group, please write to me off-list.
> In the not too distant future, other committees drawing on other talents
> of list members will become appropriate. Included among the things we
> would need are those who enjoy working on fund-raising, those who have a
> knowledge of or serious interest in Optacon training, those who like
> marketing and advertising to try to reach potential users of a new device.
> Currently, I could use a person or two to help me with the archives in
> cataloging various messages. I would like to create more tip sheets such
> as those we already have on signing documents with the Optacon and using a
> scanner with the help of the Optacon. Topics for new sheets might include
> tips on reading hand-writing, reading cans, bottles and jars, using the
> Optacon to read foreign languages, and topics like that. If anyone is
> interested in any of this, please write to me off-list and I'll get you
> together with those having similar interests. If anybody wants to work on
> the archives, let me know off-list and I'll put you to work.
> We are of course continuing to look for unused and non-working Optacons,
> including any dead batteries from the Optacon II. Please contact any of
> the repairers with anything like this.
> On a personal not, I just used the Optacon to discover that the local
> grocery store had not given me the cat food I asked for. Since the cat is
> currently sick, this is very important. This simple thing is a case where
> a single use of the Optacon could make a significant difference. Never
> mind speed or additional features.
> We are also adding a high-tech aspect to our outreach. Thanks to Mary
> Emerson and her helpers, we have Optacon podcasts and I think, a video.
> Mary can update us on all that.
> Well, that's it for now. Keep those cards and letters coming.
> Catherine
>
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