[gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

Off by one.  If searching the NFB web site, try putting a hyphen in there,
as in K-NFB Reader.  

Also there is a company now which is marketing and further developing it.
Go to http://www.knfbreader.com
(this time you don't want the hyphen).  I haven't tried reading CD labels
with one yet; the unit costs about $2,400 at present.  The standalone
barcode scanner products you were looking for are above $1,000, I think, and
who knows whether the CD's in your collection would be in the
database.Google for K-NFB Reading Technologies.

I turned 60 earlier this year.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:18 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> Does anyone else know where on the NFB site to find this device? I went to
> the products and technology section. There is a list of links to
> categories
> of items-- audio devices, health gizmos, canes, etc.-- but no category
> that
> sounds right for a canner and reader.
> 
> So I went to the search function and tried KNFB Reader, because that's
> what
> Seville calls it below, but got no result. Tried just "reader," but
> nothing.
> Tried just KNFB, but nothing.
> 
> Can anyone help me with this search? Thanks a lot.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Seville Allen" <ceoallen at erols.com>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> 
> The knfb reader is good for reading cd labels. It is very portable, the
> size
> of the old brownie cameras.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 2:14 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> Okay. That's food for thought. I'm certainly not going to go to my CD
> collection, pluck out something arbitrarily, walk back across the room to
> my
> 
> desk, and present the CD jewel box to the scanner. That would make no
> sense
> at all. This doesn't sound practical for my use. But I'll go to that site
> and see what else they say about it.
> 
> Meantime, does anyone have another URL for information about other such
> products? I know there are several of them. Does anyone remember their
> names?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Otis Blue" <o.blue at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Yes it's hood to the computer by a long USB or PS2 cable.  You can hold it
> in your hand like a regular bar code reader but it also comes with a stand
> for resting on your desk.
> 
> 
> 
> Otis Blue
> 
> Milwaukee Wisconsin
> 53218-4349
> Voice: (414)-461-8885
> Fax: (414)-461-8856
> Cell: (414)-736-3967
> Email: o.blue at sbcglobal.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> Otis,
> 
> Wow, you mean the device isn't actually portable in the real sense? if
> your
> computer's in one room and your CD collection you've labeled with bar
> codes
> is in another room, you have to order some kind of long USB extension cord
> so you can hold the scanner to your CDs, or take the CDs out of the case
> and
> 
> go to the room with your computer to scan them? I know, of course if
> that's
> the case, you'd make sure the CDs were stored in the same room where you
> have the computer. And you would have a cord that was, how long, I can't
> guess.
> 
> But that's really weird. Not handy at all. I saw something like this
> device
> at the CSUN show once, and it was like a bloated TV remote, that's all.
> Not
> something that had to be connected to anything. Don't these devices use
> flash memory or something, so they can be self contained?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Otis Blue" <o.blue at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 1:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It connects to the computer instead of being portable.  I guess it's all
> right to be connected to the computer if you're going to be using it for
> small items like CD's or such.  I got a demo of the software and it sounds
> great.  PS2 is that keyboard and mouse port.
> 
> Otis Blue
> 
> Milwaukee Wisconsin
> 53218-4349
> Voice: (414)-461-8885
> Fax: (414)-461-8856
> Cell: (414)-736-3967
> Email: o.blue at sbcglobal.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:34 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> Otis,
> 
> Hi. A couple of questions. First, what is it you don't like about the USB
> port connedtivity? Could you explain why, and what the better alternative
> would be, in your opinion? And what is PS2? (Personally, I have USB ports
> on
> 
> the back and the front of my PC, and things work fine like  that. Printer,
> flatbed scanner, .mp3 player, etc. So I don't know what you mean.
> 
> 2. What are  RS-232 or keyboard
> wedge connection ? I never heard these terms.
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> 
> Also,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Otis Blue" <o.blue at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Check out Scan and Say at http://www.barcode-
> solutions.com/scanandsay.html.
> It's the cheapest bar code solution out right now.  The only bad  thing I
> don't like about it is that it hooks up to your computer using a USB port
> or
> a PS2 port.
> 
> Scan and SayT includes:
> Talking software for Windows with 5 different voice settings
> Descriptions for approximately 500,000 grocery and retail items - easily
> add
> new
> items yourself!
> Supports UPC and EAN barcode standards.
> 500 pre-printed self-adhesive barcodes to use on items without barcodes
> Multi-line scanner
> Audio user manual (PDF version also included)
> NO SCREEN READER SOFTWARE REQUIRED!!!
> $395 PLUS $20 SHIPPING.  Note: Specify USB (recommended), RS-232 or
> keyboard
> wedge connection when ordering.
> 
> 
> Otis Blue
> 
> Milwaukee Wisconsin
> 53218-4349
> Voice: (414)-461-8885
> Fax: (414)-461-8856
> Cell: (414)-736-3967
> Email: o.blue at sbcglobal.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:27 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [gui-talk] One more try: hand held scanners
> 
> Can anyone give me links to information about hand held scanners that
> blind
> people use to label items and identify them? As I've said a couple of
> time,
> I seem to remember these devices being discussed or at least referred to
> her
> 
> on this list, and as I said, I want to look into them now as part of a
> plan
> to make my music CD collection accessible again.
> 
> Anybody remember what these devices  are, who sells them, and where to
> find
> information, reviews or anything about them? And if no one still feels
> like
> piping up, would someone please tell me the name and subscription address
> of
> 
> a mailing list where I might ask this sort of question and be responded
> to?
> I remember there's a list called Blind Tech, for instance. Would that
> work?
> How do you subscribe?
> 
> thanks.
> 
>