One day I was in the library at the university I was attending. I was taking a statistics class. Ugh. Anyway, I was using an Optacon and a Speech Plus calculator. Some people came over to me and asked me what I was doing, but they were more curious than anything. For some reason I didn't have ear plugs for the calculator so they heard the buzzing and the electronic speech. It was kind of funny. Kaye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: Re: reading books > Well the only person in my family whosaid anything about the sound was my > oldest Sister who lived out of town and all she wanted to know was what > the > buzzing was. > I was never allowed to bring it to work (quite another story.) Anyway I > had > enough harassment without that. > Mary Ellen Earls > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: reading books > > > Mary Ellen, > > Great story; I am glad your family was so receptive to the optacon. Mine > didn't get too excited. In fact, the sound really annoyed them. One day I > came home from computer school with a detailed homework assignment written > on a single page, but closely typed in small print. I was reading it, > trying > to absorb every detail, when Mom said she had a head ache and wanted me to > quit. Well, I quit for about an hour, but then when she was off doing > something else I finished reading the assignment. I also had problems > during > my first few years of work when we had terminal rooms, where everybody > went > to use computer terminals instead of having them in our offices; I'd go in > and read the screen while working, and people would start to leave; one > guy > said something about it sounding like a Minnesota lightning bug; when we > finally got our own terminals, (this was before the PC was available), > people across the hall and in surrounding offices would shut their doors > because of the sound. Too bad the machine couldn't have been made more > quiet; fortunately I'm away from that now, and I can read at 3 in the > morning if I want to. I guess the neighbors don't think much of it; they > probably say, "That blind lady is using her equipment again." > > Mary > > > 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. > > > 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. > > 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.