[optacon-l] Re: optacon research
- From: Robert Feinstein <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:46:09 -0500 (EST)
I'd like to comment on Marie's post. I agree that the Optacon gives us
something that a scanner cannot give us. I also think that for long
texts, or long newsletters, without pictures, the scanner enables us to
rad much more and with more ease. I think the scanner and optacon make a
beautiful marriage.
Bob
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Marie Rudys wrote:
> 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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