Hi Gary, Thank you for posting the web site for the New Optacon. You are right, though. I went there hoping, know what I mean? It's definitely not an Optacon, as far as I can tell from the description. It uses a megapixel digital camera that images a page at a time, performs OCR on it, and then reads it aloud. A braille diaplay will come later. They want $2950, paid in advance, before they ship. There's other stuff, but it's not an Optacon. Sigh. I appreciate your research, too. Maybe we can get Deane Blazie off his boat and revive the device. But then, he's having too much fun. Francis -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx