Nick and list, Your observations remind me of a remarkable (to me) experience I had when I first began gaining a little real proficiency in reading with the optacon. I had been struggling with the lessons and with some of that nasty junk mail, when I suddenly decided to read a book on the Stoic philosophers. Within a few hours I was reading as i had thought I'd never be able to. And after that I did a much better job with the junk mail besides! 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.