Well said Jonathan! I always found Mr. Lang's accent quite appealing. He always came across as being quite an educated man.
He will be missed Keith Gillard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:49 AM Subject: Michael Lang I'm very behind on my list mail due to travel, so have only now just read the tragic news of Michael's death and would very much like to pay my respects. It was my great honour to get to know Michael when he contacted me with a view to submitting reviews for Main Menu back in 2002. Michael had quite a pronounced German accent, and he was very conscious of this, wondering if he really was good enough to submit reviews in English for Main Menu. I assured him he didn't have to worry. When I heard the first review he sent me, on the Plextalk PTR1, I was amazed! His command of the English language was outstanding. When he put a review together, it was unbelievably thorough, and scrupulously fair. Michael was, to many of us, the authority when it came to the intricacies and particulars of many portable music and DAISY players. He would give generously of his time and his information to help all of us. It was like he was an encyclopedia on the subject, which he very much made his specialty. I got to know Michael more personally when he was kind enough to help me with the German BrailleNote I was working on in 2003. The fact that he was such a good English speaker as well as a native German speaker, and that he wasn't afraid to be candid about product deficits, made him invaluable. Michael would tell me sometimes that he had dreadful trouble keeping a regular sleep pattern, something which impacts on many of us who are blind and don't have light perception. It was so bad that he said he felt it really had an impact on employability for him. He was unassuming, perhaps even lacking in confidence. But he was a very smart and giving man. I'm deeply shocked by his passing, and can only say that I'm privileged to have worked and talked with him. I hope we will remember Michael by giving freely of our knowledge as he did, and also by making a fresh commitment to look out for each other. Maybe if we all take time to listen to one another's stories, to reach out, to be sensitive to one another's needs and struggles, then just maybe we can offer hope at a time when someone truly needs it. I'll miss him very much. Jonathan Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
