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[Evelyn Weckerly]

Hi,

I had an Optacon thanks to the Mott Foundation. I had it from 1980 
until I got version 2 of what is now k1000. I finally sold it to 
someone who desperately wanted a spare because his job depended on 
that technology.

Evelyn

At 07:55 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
>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,
I had an Optacon thanks to the Mott Foundation. I had it from 1980 until I got version 2 of what is now k1000. I finally sold it to someone who desperately wanted a spare because his job depended on that technology.
Evelyn
At 07:55 PM 11/28/2006, you wrote:
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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