I still use my rubber mat, and I think I have a couple other ones but not sure. Exceptional teaching has rubber mats that we use with students reading in the Mangold reading program. They may work. They are larger than 8 1/2. They are standard braille paper size, and they keep the student's paper from slipping. Sue Mangis -----Original Message----- From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Huffman Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:42 AM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another quirky thing to do with the optacon RE keeping the page steady: When many of us took our training years ago, there was a rubber mat available from TSI, about the size of a standard 8.5-by-11-inch sheet of paper that you could put on a table or desktop to hold the sheet in place. Matter of fact, I think there was a thread here a while back asking if these mats were still available anywhere, since many of our mats have gotten smooth and ineffective through long years of use. My own approach to this problem has been to keep a blotter on the desk where I use my Optacon and keep a sheet of white, rough-textured blotter paper in the blotter. These items can be bought fairly cheaply from just about any store that sells standard office supplies. HTH. JH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Natalie" <nataliej@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:58 AM Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another quirky thing to do with the optacon > What about a clipboard? to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l 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. to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l 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.