When I went for teacher training in 1981 I believe, another student and I got the opportunity to visit the V.A. rehab center where they were working on the Talking Optacon. It was interesting, though some of the misreads were hysterical! Too bad the funding ran out before the device had a chance to be fully developed. I guess this would have been considered as the beginning of the end of Optacon history. <sigh> Pam To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.