Re: Wishing for an Optacon
- From: "Cathy Harris" <caharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:24:31 -0400
Could you tell me, or any one else, why did they quit making them?
It does not make sense to me because they seem so very valuable.
I know how many times I have thought to myself...in different situations,
"wow, if I just had an Optacon"...
I am not sure I understand the reasoning behind the cessation of the
machine.
Cathy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Emerson" <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: Wishing for an Optacon
Cathy,
I've been an optacon user since 1976; I use it every day to read mail,
food packages, and other printed material. I used it on the job as a
computer programmer and technical writer for over 15 years. In fact, I
could never have gotten hired without it; I used it to read a computer
screen, and still do, if I get stuck or get a new computer and need to set
up Windows initially. But to read a computer screen, you need a special
lens which is even harder to find than an optacon itself. I probably read
about a hundred words a minute with it, since I've used it daily for
almost 30 years.
There are others on this list who use it as much, and there are others who
still find it valuable and don't use it as much, but whether or not you
have a lot of experience, there is nothing like it, and the thing we all
have in common is that life without an optacon would be difficult for us.
Some of us, including me, have no sighted help and live alone, and living
without an optacon would be a night mare to say the least.
I wish you well in finding one to purchase. I hope you can remember enough
of your training to take advantage of it and gain some reading speed.
Mary
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