[optacon-l] Re: optacon research
- From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:44:44 -0500
Don, I feel exactly as you do. When I lived alone, I would not have had the
quality of life that I did without my Optacon. It allowed me to read any of
my statements and other important printed matter, just all kinds of things,
receipts, washing instructions, labels, endless.
In God We Trust,
Carolyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "don bishop" <w6smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:55 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: optacon research
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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