Optelec Prize Draw winners - update

(Updated - 21st May, 2010)
Optelec attended two Macular Disease Society (MDS) Conferences in Edinburgh (May 7th) and London (April 17th) and held dedicated prize draws at each event.  The 'Optelec prize draw' at the MDS London 'Working Age Members' Conference was won by Miss Krupali Parshotam.  Rather than receive the Compact^mini prize, Miss Parshotam opted to pay the additional cost to have the Compact⁺, offering a larger 4.3-inch screen.  Miss Parshotam commented, "the Compact⁺ will be a great help in reading for my University Degree.  Also it will help me in my interest in cooking, for reading small-print receipe instructions".
The MDS Edinburgh Conference 'Optelec prize draw' was won by Ms Christina Kerr.


(Updated - 28th April, 2010)
The bi-monthly prize draw for the Compact^mini for February/March 2010 was won by a Rehabilitation Team Member for Peterborough Sensory Support Service (PSSS) who commented, "the Compact^mini video magnifier will be used by all the team when they visit visually impaired clients that the team has contact with.   PSSS hold a Communications Group for local visually impaired people to raise awareness of Braille, Moon and low vision devices, so the Compact^mini will be displayed at these groups meetings.

PSSS is part of Peterborough Community Services which work as part of a local visual impairment forum in that includes Peterborough Association for the Blind, RNIB, Action for Blind People, DIAL, Peterborough Macular Disease Society local group and Guide Dogs for the Blind.


(Updated - 25th March, 2010)
Optelec attended the VIEW Conference, an event for teachers and education professionals involved in teaching visually impaired pupils and students.  The Compact^mini was offered by Optelec in a dedicated free prize draw for delegates of the conference.  Congratulations to Sue Crook from the Bolton Sensory Support Service who was delighted to receive the Compact^mini and commented, "I can think of just the child this would be great for."



A lady from Witney in Oxfordshire has won a Compact^mini in the December 2009 /January 2010 free prize draw and plans to use it whilst shopping in the supermarket to view packaging details in-store, and fabric labels to identify the material and size of clothing.

The November 2009 free Compactmini prize draw was won by Mrs Sylvia Johnson from Huddersfield.  Mrs Johnson commented that the Compact^mini is "brilliant".

A Compact⁺ was won in the October 2009 free prize draw by a lady from Bishop Stortford.

Optelec attended the Macular Disease Society Conference on Saturday, 19 September, 2009 in London and offered a Compact^mini in a free prize draw, exclusively to the delegates in attendance.  The prize draw winner was a member from Staines and is very pleased with the Compact^mini and finds it particularly useful for shopping.

The August 2009 free Compact⁺ prize draw was won by a gentleman that attended an Optelec Day at the Thomas Pockington Trust in Stourbridge.  This gentleman was happy to confirm that, "the Compact⁺ has allowed me to rediscover my enjoyment of literature and maps."

In the previous month of July 2009, the free Compact⁺ prize draw was won by a private individual from Goring, West Sussex who met Alex Dugard of Optelec at the Worthing Society for the Blind.   The winner considered the offer of a free Compact⁺ or a £400 discount on the Traveller⁺ and, after trying both products, selected the Compact⁺.

The Optelec June 2009 free Compact⁺ prize draw was won by Inverness-based Sight Action, supporting blind and partially sighted people in the Highlands and Western Isles.  Staff of Sight Action attended an exhibition in Dingwall and entered the Optelec draw.  Mr John Gill,  General Manager of Sight Action commented, "We are delighted to have won the Compact⁺ pocket video magnifier which will be made available to visually impaired people across the region."


The new Compact^mini pocket video magnifier was launched in the UK at the Birmingham Sight Village exhibition in July 2009.  This follows the launch of the best-selling Compact⁺ pocket video magnifier, which first appeared in the UK at the Birmingham Sight Village exhibition in July 2007.  In November of the same year, an Independent Living Design Award was presented to Optelec in recognition of the innovation of the Compact⁺.