Re: update on training manuals
- From: "Anthony Vece" <ajvece@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:12:56 -0400
Yea, then they will really want to dip into our pockets.
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eileen Misrahi" <eileenmis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:39 PM
Subject: RE: update on training manuals
> This is wonderful. May be FS will see that there are a fair number of us
> Optecon users out here and begin supporting us.
>
> Great job for your efforts.
>
> Eileen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Robert Englebretson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:54 PM
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: update on training manuals
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have some exciting news to share with the list about the training
> manuals
> and other documentation. Many of you may remember that I had volunteered
> to
> take on the job of scanning them in order to make them available for
> purposes of teaching and learning the Optacon. My first step in that
> process was to track down copyright permissions. It turns out, as several
> of you suggested, that Freedom Scientific is indeed the copyright holder
> for
> Optacon documentation. So I contacted Freedom Scientific's General
> Counsel
> to explain my plan, to argue for the necessity of making these
> out-of-print
> training manuals available, and to seek permissions to scan and
> distribute
> them for free. I heard back from him earlier this week, and they actually
> have proposed something even better than what I had suggested! They did
> not
> grant permissions, but instead, they have decided to make the training
> manuals (Stage I, Stage II, and Independent Practice for Stage I), the
> Teaching Guidelines, and the Owner's Manuals available for free download
> from their web site. I will be assisting them in scanning some of these
> over the next few weeks, and they are aware of the necessity for page
> images
> in the training manuals so as to preserve font information and exact page
> layout. I think this is really exciting, since it will make all of these
> materials easy to find for everyone, on a well-known, centralized
> location.
> We don't have a timetable yet as to when all of this will be completed,
> but
> I'll keep the list informed. I'm very impressed that Freedom Scientific
> has
> taken an interest in doing this, especially since they don't otherwise
> market or support the Optacon at all. I guess all that needed to happen
> was
> for someone to raise an interest and ask them--so thanks to those of you
> on
> the list who nudged me into doing that. I'll let everyone know when they
> are available online.
>
> Best,
> --Robert Englebretson
>
>
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