Hello Mary and all, Yes, this issue of spelling is a really serious one. Even here in Italy, where it sould be much easier to spell words correctly (Italian doesn't have so many strange spelling possibilities as English has) people seem to be less and less accurate. Not only spelling is an issue, but grammar as well. There are more and more people with degrees, masters, and so on and so forth, both among the blind and sighted, but the ability to write seems to have become an optional... English spelling is very complicated, and if I hadn't had my Optacon I wouldn't have been able to master it (more or less...). Ciao, Ollie 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.