[optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
- From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:55:25 -0400
Same here, Diane.
In God We Trust,
Carolyn
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From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:44 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
I considered that software with the optacon II because I thought it was a
terrific idea. However, when I worked for others, I was doing word
processing on equipment which was not the PC, and looking back, it was
amazing that so many of us did word processing with the other equipment out
there and the CRT lense and optacon. Some of us god bad shoulders from it
all, and some of us went on to using speech on the PC which I did when I got
into business for myself. Oh, my goodness, the memories from all of this. I
wonder if all involved at TSI really realized the impact they had on our
lives. I would never have stayed employed for as long as I did without the
optacon I don't think or I would have had to go on and do something else.
Dianne
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From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 1:21 AM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: new optacon design
The stand-alone nature of the Optacon was always one of its major
advantages. The software created for the Optacon II which allowed it to
read the computer screens of that day was amazing in that it was a tiny
program which could be placed on-disk and used on anybody's computer. (At
that time the necessary serial ports were a given on computers). The
screen-readeer could be taken to job interviews and actually demonstrated.
I've always wondered why TSI did not market that software. Even those who
bought Optacon II's did not know of its existance. I used it for six years
as my screen reader.
Anyway, the dedication of the image, a stand-alone device, an independent
way to change the battery if at all possible, and, most important, the
ability to view the real print image in real time without any computerized
re-interpretation are among my major priorities in a new Optacon.
Catherine
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