RE: today's survey update May 9 or 10
- From: "Hogg, Maureen" <mhogg@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:32:26 -0600
Hello Catherine and Don -
For the moderator, I had a question. Would it be possible to designate
in the subject line, automaticaly, that this is an e-mail off the
Optacon list on freelists? For example, the Society for Technical
Communication has a discussion list on accessibility for all
disabilities. In the subject line of all e-mail generated by that list
is the identification: stc.accessibility .... Then the actual subject of
the mail. That way, the recipient knows he/she is receiving a
legitimate mail from the given discussion list.
It'd help me weed out spam if such a designation were used. Not all on
the Optacon list are familiar names to me, and the subject lines are
ambiguous at best. I must open each one to be sure of content and once
or twice I've hit spam quite by accident.
Thanks!
Maureen
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[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 8:10 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: today's survey update May 9 or 10
We received a note today from Dave Godfrey in England. I had forwarded
to him an email from a young university student who was interested in
getting an Optacon. Dave made contact and has arranged for the student
to try an Optacon and see where things go from there.
We are receiving requests for surveys and also responses steadily. We
are almost up to 100 current user surveys. I think we have about twenty
of the second survey.
ANOTHER POSITIVE OUTCOME
In response to the survey, several users have told me that they decided
to try again to use their Optacons. One asked for directions to start up
the Optacon II (she had forgotten) and one asked for help in beginning
to teach himself on an r1d. (We also sent him an owner's manual) didn't
we?
THE WISH LIST
Earlier I posted a message which had appeared on this list a few years
ago. The wish list is far fromcomplete but I think we can use it and add
to it.
INTERESTING OPTACON USE
On e respondent says that he/she gets the on-the-tv-screen phone numbers
for info-mercials by doing the following:
1. Record the portion of the program likely to contain the
information on a VCR.
2. Play back the VCR tape and when it comes to the part where
the phone number should be on the screen, pause the tape and use the
Optacon to read the tv screen for the number.
There's something for you all to try!
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE HUNT FOR CORPSES
Some people are expressing interest in trying Optacons to see if they
can in fact become users. This will only be possible if enough corpses
are found. So keep up the search for those non-working and unused
Optacons.=20
Someone today suggested contacting guide dog schools. Some schools at
one point gave Optacons to some graduates. If you unearth any Optacons,
forward the information directly to Richard Oehm our acting repair
coordinator or do as Cynthia did and share it with the list.
That's it for today.
Catherine
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