I think American Printing House sells raised-line alphabet pages. I know they also sell blank paper with raised lines in case the Optacon user has a standard typewriter and wants to make his or her own training materials via a typewriter. Linda G. On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:48:00 -0400, Jo Luland wrote: >Hi All, >Does anyone know where I can get the raised lined pages of the alphabet and >numbers which are sometimes used for training purposes? My friend would like >to learn to use the Optacon, but she has been blind since birth and >therefore, has never learned print. Any help will be greatly appreciated. >Thanks. >Jo >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Edward Crawford" <e.crawford@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:45 PM >Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Training Materials > > >>Hi Eileen, >> >>Some of the Optacon Training Materials can be downloaded from the Freedom >>Scientific web site, on this web page. It also has some User Maunuals: >> >>http://www.freedomscientific.com/documentation/optacon.asp >> >>The Training Materials are scanned PDF files of some original training >>manuals, designed to be printed out and then be used for Optacon practice. >> >>There are many pages, so you could just print a selection of them for >>Optacon practice. You could print as many or as few pages as you wished >>to. >> >>I hope this helps. >> >>Regards, Ted. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eileen Misrahi >>Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 8:58 AM >>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another quirky thing to do with the optacon >> >>I am so jealous of all of you because I did not learn the Opticon in the >>hay >>days of its existence. I purchased my Opticon about 3 1/2 years ago,and I >>never seem to have the time to dedicate to it to become proficient. May be >>some of you seasoned users can give me some tips on how to start and >>motivate me to learn this very valuable piece of equipment. I really do >>believe that it has a place among all of the fancy gizmos that I have in >>my >>collections. I look forward to any suggestions on how I can get started. >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Eileen Misrahi >> >> >>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. 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.