Re: remembering my first experiences with the Optacon
- From: "Anthony Vece" <ajvece@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:14:18 -0400
Hi Mary & Everyone;
I can't believe that people who use an Optacon or people who sit in the
immediate are of an Optacon user would let the buz bother them.
That sound was nothing then and, compared to all the cell phones, pagers and
other electronic devices that emit sounds today, it is still a small price
to pay for what the Optacon does.
If Fred Noessner or Karen Mccluskey or Toni Whaley are out there on this
list, please contact me?
Thanks
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Emerson" <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: remembering my first experiences with the Optacon
> Pam and list,
>
> Wow! I missed a lot, since I didn't go to TSI for training; but I remember
> the first couple lessons with my instructor; she had to drive all the way
> to
> Fremont from Berkeley, a couple of Saturdays. I was so excited and jazzed,
> and every word she said was indelibly ingrained in me. I thought the
> design
> of the machine was brilliant, although the camera holder didn't clip on to
> the machine very well since the clip was broken and I had to tape it
> together; but aside from that, I just thought those engineers were
> brilliant! My excitement was probably so intense I bet I wore out that
> teacher! But it was a blast!
>
> Being in the mountains learning during the very rainy week of instruction
> was great, except that on the last day it was really gorgeous and we were
> outside all day and I came home with one horrible sunburn! It was so bad I
> was shivering. I got over it though; when you're young you can get over
> just
> about anything pretty fast.
>
> But I'll never forget that first day; it was like the window to print was
> wide open! It was like a million Christmas presents!
>
> When I was interviewed at IBM, they loved watching me read a computer
> printout; unfortunately, when I started working and we had big terminal
> rooms, before everybody got their own terminals, the buzz drove some
> people
> crazy; one guy muttered about it sounding like a Minnesota lightning bug;
> somebody else was trying to figure out if it was sending Morse code since
> he
> was a ham radio enthusiast, and it was driving him nuts.
>
> I've demonstrated the optacon at church gatherings and people have said
> they
> wouldn't mind their tax money being used for something like this. But
> that's
> about as far as it's gone. I still talk about the optacon though, since
> people wonder how I live without having people read to me.
> Mary Emerson
> E-mail: maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Skype name: mkemerson
> Podcast web site: http://www.emerson.libsyn.com
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