Hi, All, Well, I've also plowed through books for myself, and have also = transcribed work-related memos, and I used the reverse video setting to = read the screen on my first Apple computer. In 1997, while I was = receiving intravenous antibiotics through a portable pump, I used the = Optacon to verify the pump's settings while the visiting nurse mixed = more medicine and injected it into bags of saline that I had in my = kitchen. It was a freaky thing for the nurse to see at first, but after = a while, she just expected that I would do that. It made me laugh -- = how quickly the unexpected becomes ordinary ... Mark ---------- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:57 PM Subject: Re: Optacons Mark, You might have heard my podcast about the optacon on blind cool tech; in = fact I may have mentioned the list. That was a fun podcast to do, since = a=20 lot of people these days don't even know what an optacon is. I think = there=20 are a couple other podcasts on BCT about the optacon. Any of those might = have mentioned this list too. Back before I got my machine in 1976, I = ran=20 into people who couldn't stand it; even my rehab counselor at the time = hated=20 it; but it was a life saver for me when I was in computer school. I sure = could have used one in college, too. Mary=20 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. =20 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. =20 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.