[optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
- From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:12:05 -0800
Hi Judy,
Your name is vary familiar and I'm sure we crossed paths at tsi at some
point as I got my first Optacon in 1972 and received training in Palo
Alto (or was it Mountainview). Training was at a hotel, the name of
which escapes me after all these years.
Anyway, welcome to the list.
Don Bishop
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From: "JBliss Judy" <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 12:50 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
Dear friends of the Optacon,
I was an Optacon teacher for many years at Telesensory, and mourned the
end of the product. Even after the introduction of the Optacon II in
partnership with Canon, where we were able to provide PC-based
independent reading practice lessons in several languages, even
Japanese, and won several design awards, the sales never reached a level
where the Optacon could be efficiently manufactured at a modest cost,
and the company that bought Telesensory's technology never continued the
product. I agree that scanners just do not do it!
Were you trained at Telesensory in California? I worked with many
students and it's hard to remember after all these years. We had an
Optacon teacher's reunion last year and it was great to see what people
were doing, although we've lost several teachers over the years.
I'm still in the access technology field. I was the Telesensory training
manager and then in charge of technical support and service center
support for many years - started in 1976 at TSI, but laid off in 2001,
before the bankruptcy and acquisition by InSiPhil. I then worked for
Jim Bliss, who co-founded TSI from 2001 to 2005 at his new company
JBliss Imaging, which I took over from him (he retired with multiple
myloma), and re-named it JBliss Low Vision Systems, since we have a full
line of products with speech and enlargement for scanning (updating his
original VIP), e-mail and internet (PnC E-mail and PnC Net), developed
with a NSF grant and evaluated through the Western Region VA in Palo
Alto, CA, and a variety of low vision products that we represent from
other manufacturers. Our newest product is a mini-PC that the user
connects to their TV (or to a monitor, or just speakers, for a blind
user), and it provides scanning, e-mail and internet access with a
dialup, dsl/ca
ble or USB wireless connection.
I just recently joined the listserv, hoping to hear from Optacon users,
to see what everyone is doing these days. Hope to hear from you.
Best regards and Happy New Year!
Judy Adams
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