[optacon-l] Re: optacon research
- From: "Fran" <fran.italy@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:30:51 +0100
Yes, it's shameful and also hard to understand...
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From: "Mary Lorefice" <mariooch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 3:08 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: optacon research
> Couldn't have said it better myself.
>
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> From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:55 PM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: optacon research
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>> Eric and all,
>>
>> I remember how excited I was to get my Optacon and be able to read just
>> about anything. I was certain that blind people in general would also
>> be really excited and simply jump at the chance to learn it.
>>
>> Boy was I in for a shock! I couldn't believe the tremendous amount of
>> apathy and downright disinterest. Frankly, it altered my view of bloind
>> people in organizations who say they want equality and all sorts of
>> similar things. But, with something like the Optacon they'd no longer
>> have the excuse that they can't read something because they dodn't have
>> a reader available, or many variations on that.
>>
>> It was definitely a rude awakening for me.
>>
>> But, that's how the real world is apparently, and scanning
>> hardware/software is plenty enough for most blind people these days I
>> guess.
>>
>> They don't know what they're missing and apparently don't care either.
>>
>> End of rant.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/29/2011 7:27 PM, Eric Clegg wrote:
>>> 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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