[optacon-l] Re: optacon research
- From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:46:46 -0800
A shame that happened. I like to learn. Without my Optacon, I would have
been lost in the world during the 1990's and now. When my computer goes
down, so does the scanner; without my Optacon, how could I sort my mail out?
When I learned it in 1994, I realized a longtime dream of wanting to read
print for myself. I learned in four months all the lowercase letters; I
already knew my uppercase ones from little on. What a freedom the Optacon
gives us that no scanner, however good it is, can give you. To be able to
read away from the computer is a kind of freedom for me. I will continue to
use that skill as long as possible.
Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Clegg" <eclegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:27 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: optacon research
>I agree whole heartedly with Nick.
>
> Most blind people would rather take the easy way out rather that put in
> lots
> of effort into learning.
>
> I remember in the third grade in a boarding school in Canada being told by
> a
> very wise teacher that there was no royal road to learning.
>
> The same thing has happened with the amateur radio service being dumbed
> down
> and taking away the Morse code requirement.
>
> Hey a speed of five words per minute is nothing!
>
> Hurray for the Optacon and for Morse code.
>
> Happy New Year to everyone.
>
> Eric Clegg, KU3I
> Braille Specialist
>
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