Hello Judy and list. I have the practice materials, stuffed it all into
one fluffy binder years ago, but must sort it through and unload it.
Will send binder to someone presently and they can distribute, or
possibly reproduce new copies.
Glad to hear from you, Judy.
Charles in Ottawa
On 2022-05-19 9:53 p.m., Judy Adams wrote:
Margaret.to view the list archives, go to:
I was a long-time Optacon trainer at TSI, training manager for many years
and the non-engineering part of the Optacon II, and when I heard from Noel
Runyan (voice from the past) asking if I had the Optacon Stage 1 Training
manual, I saw your early comment that you may have a print copy, I was
encouraged. I have contacted all our local teachers, including Joan Bliss
and haven't been able to turn any up, but am still searching. I did have
the full list of its contents, so that it could be re-created. I'm
assuming that Freedom Scientific, which used to have it available online,
may have gotten rid of all the materials ...or the company that took it
over. Anyway, I hold out hope that one is found and can be reproduced. I
rarely heck this email address these days, so if you want to get in touch -
especially if you find the Stage 1 document, please send me a message at my
personal email: judyblueeyes1@xxxxxxxxx. I've found a Margaret Riciardi
who in Feb celebrated 108 years!! and also that she/you taught radio at
Hadley in the 80's. Is that you! What a wonderful discovery for me to
find you - whether you find the binder or not, congratulations. And if you
are not *that* Margaret, what a wonderful coincidence.
I continued to work for Telesensory for many years, and worked with Jim
Bliss at his second company, where he developed other software and hardware
products, JBliss Imaging, and acquired that company when he became ill, and
ran that from my home with some of the same sales representatives in other
states for another 10 years after his passing. I'm busy these days with
peace and justice work, and vigiling against the terrible war in Ukraine.
I hope this message gets to you and other Optacon users I may have taught
for TSI/Telesensory.
Judy Adams (650) 326-1235
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:54 PM Margaret Ricciardi <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I like the II better too. The only thing I found is that if the weather isto view the list archives, go to:
cold, the pins are out of the array before the Optacon is turned on, making
it harder to read. We used to have a furnice with a grate between our
living and dining room that the heat for the house came out of. I would put
the Optacon on the grate until the pins went below the array, then it was
great. I even mentioned it to Richard oehm.
Peggy & Dixie Marie
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On Feb 14, 2022, at 3:35 PM, Marco Cervi <shimmel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Optacon II has a clearer and crisp reading compared to 1.
Hi Anne,
This is a wonderful story.
I’m very happy that you are able to use your Optacon again.
Enjoy your Optacon and all your readings with it.
And, maybe, this is a confermation of what I’m saying from years:
So, fewer pins is not a problem, this is the result.anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
Marco
Il giorno 14 feb 2022, alle ore 19:21, Anne Robertson <
functions came back quickly, but I was left with numbness in the fingers ofHello everyone,
In November 2016, I suffered a TIA which affected my left side. Most
my left hand. I could no longer read with the optacon and I had just had a
recently-acquired optacon ii mended by Richard.
years with no success.I tried to use the optacon occasionally over the following couple of
could make some sense of what I was feeling under my index finger.Just last week, I decided to try again and to my delight, this time, I
Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett as I knew that it wouldn’t be boring,I gave myself the challenge of reading a paperback book and chose a
even at an excruciatingly slow pace.
getting easier.It’s taking me a couple of hours to read around four pages, but it’s
faithful R1D. I can use the R1D, but I find the optacon ii clearer, and IWhat surprises me is that I find the optacon ii easier than my old
can switch to my middle finger quickly to give my index finger a rest.
must finally be rewiring my brain!There is still numbness in my fingers, but not so much as before. I
the quotes) in the message subject.Cheers,
Anne
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