[optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
- From: JBliss Judy <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:39:25 -0800
Dear Steve,
Thanks for the welcome. Good luck on your retirement; what a "fun" economy for
retirement. I'm still working, but semi-retired and am going to take social
security next year at 64.
About your Optacons... I wonder if anyone can resusitate (did I spell that
correctly?)them,or did you give them up in '04?
Judy A.
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: hello from former Optacon teacher Judy Adams
From: "Steve Britt" <swimmer953@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:48:27 -0600
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Hi, Judy. Glad to have you with us.
>I'm a programmer/analyst for the State of Illinois, and will be retiring
>soon.
>I had Optacon training in 1977 at Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind, and I
>used an Optacon until roughly 2004 when the batteries died on both my R1D
>and Optacon II. Both at home and at work, I use a braille display, Jaws and
>Openbook.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JBliss Judy" <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 2:50 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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