Mary, Good point about laying it flat. It would be a better ergonomic position to prevent a repetitive injury and the arm would not get so tired. My LCD screen is an off brand, but I have buttons on the bottom of it. I marvel at everyone's proficiency with the Optacon. I am a new user and purchased one a couple of years ago. At the time, I was enrolled in grad school and could not dedicate the time to desensitize my fingers to recognize the words. I would like some advice from the list serve on how to learn the Optacon in a methodical manner. I do have the advantage that I lost my sight as an adult and have visual memory of the alphabet. Any suggestions will be most welcomed. My interest in the Optacon developed from a friend who could read a bottle of red wine in order to know which type of wine he was drinking. So, I try to tell individual's who use to use the Optacon to join the list and indicate that the Optacon is thriving. Thanks in advance. Eileen -----Original Message----- From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 5:23 PM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optacon-l] Another thing about the Acer V173B Display Hi again, I forgot to mention that since the stand wasn't necessary, I just laid the screen on its back, and can read it as if it's an open print book. I have it on a little table to the right of what used to be the dinette table but I don't eat at it any more because the optacon and PC keyboard and a million other things are on it. You know how that goes. <grin> Mary to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.