can we change the subject line please?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hoad" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: you should read this especially if you are indifferent to the
acb/nfb:


> After Ray Kurzweil had prototypes of the stand alone reading machine, the
> OCR technoloty and its value became apparent to Xerox Corporation.  In a
> public relations move, Xerox at once bought the technology that Kurzweil
had
> invented and made "loan funds" available to blind persons very publicly
and
> nationally on TV and radio.
>
> So, the genesis of the "reading machine" became the basis for the new
> copiers, scanners and "all in one" units that dominate offices today.
>
> Once again, technology invented for the blind led the way to a revolution
in
> some other part of the consumer spectrum.  (Remember the 33 RPM record?)
> (smile)
> Steve Hoad
>
>
>
> posting from Windsor Maine;
> Steve Hoad
>
>
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