[Reader-users] Joined today

[Kenlawrence124 at aol.com]

Hi users of the new Kurzweil NFB reader, Ken Lawrence Central  Chapter.  Just 
joined the list today looking forward to the dialog and the  latest news 
concerning the reader.  I'm a bit of an old timer so I go back  to the Optacon's 
glory days.  just wondering how many users of the new  reader used to use the 
Optacon?  if you did, hope you saw the item in the  October monitor about the 
Optacon survey.  they're looking for users, and  people who don't use there 
Optacon any more.  they are thinking of putting  nonuse Optacons back in to 
circulation.  if they get enough response to it,  they may relaunch the Optacon 
with updated circuitry to make it possible for it  to read modern print formats 
and font sizes used today.  forget the email  address off hand, but does anyone 
on list remember what happened to the voice  output that was developed at 
around the same time as the First Kurzweil readers  that was mente for the 
Optacon?  also on a related question, oops, 2  questions, will future portable 
readers have a Braille display incorporated in  to it?  and also if a Car is 
developed for the blind, it seems a form of  the Kurzweil reader could be 
incorporated in to it so that a Street sign could  be read or even the menu at a drive 
through.  Yeah, it's a great time to be  blind Huh?  Ken.
 
I pledge to  participate actively in the efforts of the national federation 
of the blind to  achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to 
support the  policies and programs of the federation; and abide by it's  
constitution.
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Hi users of the new Kurzweil NFB reader, Ken Lawrence Central Chapter.  Just joined the list today looking forward to the dialog and the latest news concerning the reader.  I'm a bit of an old timer so I go back to the Optacon's glory days.  just wondering how many users of the new reader used to use the Optacon?  if you did, hope you saw the item in the October monitor about the Optacon survey.  they're looking for users, and people who don't use there Optacon any more.  they are thinking of putting nonuse Optacons back in to circulation.  if they get enough response to it, they may relaunch the Optacon with updated circuitry to make it possible for it to read modern print formats and font sizes used today.  forget the email address off hand, but does anyone on list remember what happened to the voice output that was developed at around the same time as the First Kurzweil readers that was mente for the Optacon?  also on a related question, oops, 2 questions, will future portable readers have a Braille display incorporated in to it?  and also if a Car is developed for the blind, it seems a form of the Kurzweil reader could be incorporated in to it so that a Street sign could be read or even the menu at a drive through.  Yeah, it's a great time to be blind Huh?  Ken.
 
I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the national federation of the blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the federation; and abide by it's constitution.