Mary L, Just recently, the subject of how we would manage without Optacons has been under discussion. While it is still fresh in your mind, perhaps you can tell us how you performed various tasks and compare the time you had to spend, the level of independence and privacy you had and so forth to doing those same tasks now with the Optacon. Most important, please include any tasks you couldn't accomplish at all, if there were any such. It's this sort of thing that might be helpful in establishing the true usefulness of the Optacon in an objective way. Catherine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Catherine Thomas braille@xxxxxxxxx / ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.