I recently found out about a brief survey, for users and potential users of the optacon. Catherine Thomas is conducting the surveys, with the hope that the results may encourage funding for the manufacture of optacons, or of critical parts. Even with the modern technology, the optacon can still play an important role, such as providing information about the format of books prior to scanning. Please do not reply to this message on list. If you are interested in either the survey for optacon users, or the one for potential users, please contact Catherine at braille@xxxxxxxxxx Thanks, Paula To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.