[optacon-l] Re: Optacon Training Materials
- From: Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 10:59:43 -0700
I think American Printing House sells raised-line alphabet pages. I know they
also sell
blank paper with raised lines in case the Optacon user has a standard
typewriter and wants
to make his or her own training materials via a typewriter.
Linda G.
On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:48:00 -0400, Jo Luland wrote:
>Hi All,
>Does anyone know where I can get the raised lined pages of the alphabet and
>numbers which are sometimes used for training purposes? My friend would like
>to learn to use the Optacon, but she has been blind since birth and
>therefore, has never learned print. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks.
>Jo
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Edward Crawford" <e.crawford@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:45 PM
>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Optacon Training Materials
>
>
>>Hi Eileen,
>>
>>Some of the Optacon Training Materials can be downloaded from the Freedom
>>Scientific web site, on this web page. It also has some User Maunuals:
>>
>>http://www.freedomscientific.com/documentation/optacon.asp
>>
>>The Training Materials are scanned PDF files of some original training
>>manuals, designed to be printed out and then be used for Optacon practice.
>>
>>There are many pages, so you could just print a selection of them for
>>Optacon practice. You could print as many or as few pages as you wished
>>to.
>>
>>I hope this helps.
>>
>>Regards, Ted.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eileen Misrahi
>>Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 8:58 AM
>>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another quirky thing to do with the optacon
>>
>>I am so jealous of all of you because I did not learn the Opticon in the
>>hay
>>days of its existence. I purchased my Opticon about 3 1/2 years ago,and I
>>never seem to have the time to dedicate to it to become proficient. May be
>>some of you seasoned users can give me some tips on how to start and
>>motivate me to learn this very valuable piece of equipment. I really do
>>believe that it has a place among all of the fancy gizmos that I have in
>>my
>>collections. I look forward to any suggestions on how I can get started.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Eileen Misrahi
>>
>>
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