[optacon-l] Re: Request for some advice

  • From: Richard Vickery <Richard.Vickery@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:29:22 +1100

Janet Wallans wrote:
> I'm afraid I feel that this is a rather unfortunate comment. Just because he
> is sighted, one cannot assume that he doesn't know what the Optacon is used
> for. Obviously, he came to this users list because he was looking for
> feedback on those who use it.
> 
> regarding the user's manual, I thought I had read on the postings on this
> list, that Freedom Scientific has the manual on its web site. Or was it on
> the archives for this list? I thought someone else would have already given
> that information.

There is a manual for a R1-D here
//www.freelists.org/post/optacon-l/Optacon-R1D-and-Optacon-2-documentation,2
which was helping in understanding the interface at the back of the Optacon. It 
doesn't specify force or throw of the pins though.

regards
Richard Vickery

> 
> Janet
> Original Message ----- 
> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:02 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Request for some advice
> 
> 
>> Another thing to consider is that I think Richard said he didn't have an
>> owner's manual, which means that he probably doesn't have any idea what
> the
>> machine is used for, and how it should be operated. I mentioned the
>> definitions of threshold and intensity a few posts back, because although
> we
>> users know what these terms mean, Richard, as a sighted person who happens
>> to have a machine, hasn't a clue what we're talking about.
>>
>> Mary
>>
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Dr Richard Vickery
School of Medical Sciences, UNSW, Australia, 2052
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