[gui-talk] K1000 and the convention?

Tue May 26 01:43:39 UTC 2009

Hi,

That's right. That's why I am thankful to have both. In my view, they 
complement one another.

Evelyn

At 04:58 PM 5/25/2009, you wrote:
>The KNFB reader can't match the K1000 for long scans.
>
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>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] K1000 and the convention?
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>Hi, Les,
>
>I guess I should also have said that I have lots of other stuff here,
>including books. The plain fact is that k1000 is stil a lot faster
>and best for a long session of reading. Yes, it will be interesting
>to see where things go. It's an excellent program as is too.
>
>Evelyn
>
>At 12:48 PM 5/25/2009, you wrote:
> >Hi Evelyn,
> >
> >I understand.  I was pondering how things have changed, as before, we
> >depended on scanners for book reading, and now the technology has advanced
> >to the point where so much more reading material is available.  Certainly,
> >K1000 has a place as do the other scanning packages, but I do wonder what
> >form future upgrades will take.
> >
> >Les
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >Behalf Of Evelyn Weckerly
> >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 11:34 AM
> >To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [gui-talk] K1000 and the convention?
> >
> >Hi, Les,
> >
> >I still use mine. I get some print magazines and will not willingly give it
> >up.
> >
> >Evelyn
> >
> >At 03:50 AM 5/25/2009, you wrote:
> > >Hi Evelyn,
> > >
> > >I do wonder what significance would come out of an upgrade now.  With
> > >the explosion of daisy and corresponding players, I would think the
> > >direction of K1000 would at least change.  I wonder how many people scan
> >books any more?
> > >AT the very least, I would think scanning of books is significantly
> >reduced.
> > >
> > >Les
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > >On Behalf Of Evelyn Weckerly
> > >Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:23 PM
> > >To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> > >Subject: Re: [gui-talk] K1000 and the convention?
> > >
> > >Albert,
> > >
> > >Last year at the users' meeting, Stephen Baum said that they had to
> > >work on K3000, and that after that was done, they would be working on
> > >our next upgrade. He said that since Cambrian had bought KESI, K1000
> > >had sold very well. Still, I resent what I see as our being shoved into
> > >a corner--again, and I expressed as much, quite mehemently. I think
> > >it's been three years since we have had an upgrade, and I think my
> > >memory is pretty good, especially since I'm getting a free one (smile).
> > >
> > >Evelyn
> > >
> > >At 07:00 PM 5/24/2009, you wrote:
> > > >I see Steve Ballmer is going to make an appearance at the convention.
> > > >They haven't updated the K1000 in quite a few years.  I hope there's
> > > >some progress along those lines.  When I asked a few years ago it
> > > >seemed Kurzweil couldn't get access to the new OCR packages since the
> > > >two companies were trying to enter the OCR market in a bigger way.
> > > >Maybe they're ready to let go of one of their later versions.  Has
> > > >anyone heard anything?  thanks
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