Re: today's survey update May 9 or 10
- From: "Harry Bassler" <HBassler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:15:35 -0400
Excellent suggestion!
Harry
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From: "Hogg, Maureen" <mhogg@xxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: today's survey update May 9 or 10
> 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
> =20
>
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> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [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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