[Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?

[Jeffrey Thompson]

Hello,
I am currently running version 3/0.5 and want to upgrade to the most recent 
version. I have not received any information about this process nor have I 
been aware of any upgrades. I acquired my reader through the scholarship 
program and that is where the disconnect may have come from. I heard about 
an on-line registration and upgrades so if anyone has any information that 
will get me into the loop, I would greatly appreciate the consideration.
Thanks.
Jeffrey Thompson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Monitor" <mred99 at means.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?


> Hi, The only reason that they ask for you to send back your old card so 
> that
> they can look at it and see what kind of improvements   they can make. I 
> got
> my KNFB READER fromNFB and have gotten two updates the last one was 3.1.5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?
>
>
>> Good evening everyone,
>>
>>    This is certainly a vast improvement to what RFB&D &D requires if you
>> purchase a digital talking book player from a vendor other than them. It
>> certainly beats having to send your $1000.00 Plextalk to them to have the
>> copy protection key installed and having to worry if the player will make
>> the round trip in one peace. At least the NFB and Kurzweil got this one
>> right even if not to everyone's satisfaction. However I would welcome
>> being
>> able to download the firmware upgrade directly in to the reader in the
>> future. The current procedure certainly beats sending a $3000.00+ device
>> off
>> to Abba-Babba and the inconvenience caused by such procedures. Keep up 
>> the
>> good work Kurzweil and NFB.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
>> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?
>>
>>
>> Hello Gary. Do you send a postage-paid envelope to facilitate returning 
>> of
>> the card?
>> This is better than I originally thought, but it still seems a bit
>> out-of-date as far as upgrading products is concerned.
>> J.J.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?
>>
>>
>>> Hi. At least for the NFB side, we do not require that you first return
>>> your
>>> card for an upgrade. We send you the upgrade on an SD card and ask that
>>> you
>>> use it to replace the SD card you had and return the one with the older
>>> version of the program to us. I do not know the procedure for the folks
>>> from
>>> KESI but suspect it is similar.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
>>> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
>>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello. As far as I know, you must send in your firmware card and a new
>>> version will be copied onto it and sent back to you.
>>>
>>> This, to me, is the biggest shortcoming at the moment and is one of the
>>> things keeping me from purchasing the reader.
>>>
>>> J.J. Meddaugh
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Kim Morrow" <morrowmediakc at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list'"
>>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:12 PM
>>> Subject: [Reader-users] how do you upgrade the Reader?
>>>
>>>
>>>>            Provided there is a new upgrade, this newby needs to know 
>>>> how
>>>> to
>>>> go about upgrading the Reader. How is this done? Does it require 
>>>> sighted
>>>> assistance or can I do this independent of vision? Do I obtain the
>>>> upgrade
>>>> via the Internet and insert it via a card reader into the system?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kimberly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kimberly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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