I am in no way trying to start an argument, but I was told by someone at TSI that, due to the engineering of the Optacon, the fastest speeds one could hope to attain would be in the area of 80 words per minute, and that would be pretty rare. I would be interested in what speeds have been attained by Optacon users who were timed. Bob 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.