[optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
- From: "Effie Boyd" <starlyte@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:00:36 -0600
----- Original Message -----
From: "Effie Boyd" <starlyte@xxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:50 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
> Someone sent a message about reading the cups that comes with the Keuwig
> coffee maker. I tried reading the cup and the box they come in and could
> not read either one. My husband says the letters are too big for the
> Optacon. He suggested that if you read Braille and have anyone to read
> them
> to you, maybe you could Braille the boxes.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 2:16 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
>
>
>>I didn't know that Richard Oehm is blind. Gosh!! He sure fixed my old
>> Optacon beautifully. I am glad to have it back!!
>>
>> Marie
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill English" <english.family@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:50 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
>>
>>
>>> Yes, Richard Oehm is said to be the best Optacon engineer and repair
>>> person
>>> available, and his prices are very fair. I'm very glad to have made
>>> contact
>>> with him. He is also blind, and an avid user of the Optacon, to read
>>> electronic
>>> schematics and view pictures. He recycles old Optacons, so think of him
>>> before
>>> you dispose of a broken one beyond repair.
>>> All My Best,
>>> Bill English
>>> MSFB Org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: H & C Arnold <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 12:47:46 PM
>>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
>>>
>>> My neighbor taught electronics at Sandhills Community College. So, he
>>> and
>>> my
>>> husband (alive at the time) got into my computer. There are two
>>> batteries
>>> in
>>> sort of a pack. We tried all the places around Raleigh, NC, but none
>>> knew
>>> where we could get an exact fit. I think I finally called Freedom
>>> Scientific, who put me in touch with a guy in California, whose name I
>>> don't
>>> recall. Finally, through the list here, I learned about Richard Oehm.
>>> There
>>> was the real answer, because he can replace the batteries, as well as do
>>> anything that an Optacon needs to make it go, as long as he can get
>>> materials. He's reasonable too. Since there are so few resources, he is
>>> to
>>> be commended that he does not goudge us. Naturally the work is
>>> expensive,
>>> but still reasonable enough for what it is and does.
>>>
>>> In God We Trust,
>>>
>>> Carolyn
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:26 AM
>>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Hooray For The Optacon
>>>
>>>
>>> To add to the wish list, does anyone know where the information about a
>>> battery is located on the battery? In other words, is a battery a
>>> regular
>>> Duracell, or nickel metal hydride?
>>>
>>> Mary
>>>
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