Hi
     Yes, I remember when my itinerary teacher brought a talking calculator for me to use. It had all four basic functions. Who could ask for any thing more magical than that?
     Oh I should mention I went straight through public school.

God bless,
Mark 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:36 AM
Subject: amazing technology


Hello to all,
I was watching the news this morning and I was thinking about the =
technology that is being used to cary the events.  My father was born in =
1915 I was thinking about how far we have came since then.  You think =
the only way people new of important news events was through the news =
paper.  Then came radio.  I am sure those people at that time was just =
as amazed to think they could hear peoples voices instead of just =
reading about it.  Now we have sceen the time when satellites can cary =
news events all over the world the same day.  We who are visually =
impaired or blind can now access the technology that we take for granid. =
 I remember the days when I was a child and personal computers and =
speach recognition was only a dream waiting to come.  does any one =
remember those caculaters with speach that first came out.  They were =
not small like to todays standards and as I remember they cost about 500 =
dollars.
have a good day. 73's
Bill
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