Maureen, you nailed it! That's all I can say. A hearty amen to you!
Judy
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----- Original Message -----
From: Maureen Hogg
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, August 10, 2020 08:10 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Voting by mail-in.
That's the heart of the matter, Judy: A "dumbed down" culture that
promotes apathy and co-dependence, whether or not the individual is
disabled. The Optacon was created by The GreatestGeneration as a part of
its ethic to make the world a better place to live and to allow
individuals to reach their full potential. The "disabled" community was
simply a subset of that mindset. Once the culture gets back on track
with that ethic, the "disabled" community will also get back on it.
You mentioned people weren't even curious about it or didn't even care a
blind p erson could read independently. That's the general apthy. "Not my
problem." Actually, it is everyone's problem. We're all in this
together, as the present recession and pandemic demonstrate, vividly.
The technology is out there. The funding is out there. The attitude is
not. Change the attitude and the motivation, you change the world.
Best!
Maureen
On 8/10/2020 5:07 AM, Judy Jones wrote:
Hi, All,of
I was able to do this with the aid of the optacon.
This was brought home to me, as I was on a state board call involving
severalblind people.
An article one had written is going to appear on a list-serv. At the end
the reading of this article, I spoke up and explained my successfulquotes) in the message subject.
experience, being able to vote by mail. While I didn't expect any comments
one way or the other, I also realized that very few, if any, probably, not
o nly knew what an optacon is, but also, more than that, noone was even
curious, or even questioning the fact that it is even possible for a blind
person to do this independently.
The moral of the story being that, if developong of a new model optacon is
tobe developed, the interest has to be piqued among the blind community
before the marketing can even begin.
The recipe has to include entities with money, influence, and knowledge of
the market they're going after. Blindness product compa nies are "small
potatoes" compared to someone like Google, who produces Pixel devices and
others that can be used by blind people.
The blind population is such a niche market, the technology has to be such
that it's affordable by all and people made to believe they have to have
one.
The culture is so dumbed down nowadays.
I'm going to add the mail-in vote capability to the Optacon Task List.
Judy
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