[Reader-users] KNFB reader helps dispense justice

Mon Dec 11 16:13:51 CST 2006

What type of transmitter do you have? Where did you buy it? 
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Subject:	Re: [Reader-users] KNFB reader helps dispense justice
Author:	"Kathy Davis" <DAVISK at dbcc.edu>
Date:		11th December 2006 9:51 am

So Dean, what brands to you have?  I didn't realize that a sound was
made when the ear piece turns on or off.  

Thanks,

Kathy

>>> "Dean Anderson" <danderson at wasatch.org> Sunday, December 10, 2006
11:47 PM >>>
Hi there.  I have had a similar problem.  What i have done is to turn
on the ear piece first so I can here its tone as it comes on.  Then I
turn on the transmitter next as it makes a tone in the ear piece as it
comes on.  To turn it off I do the same in reverse.  Turn off the
transmitter first so you can hear it go down firsth then turn off the
ear piece last.  Hope this helps.  Dean.  

Dean F. Anderson L.C.S.W.
Director, Adult Outpatient Services 
Wasatch Mental Health

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>>> DAVISK at dbcc.edu 12/8/2006 5:45 am >>>
Good Morning Mike,

I also have a dongle for my Braille Note but when I went to Radio
Shack
and purchased the ear piece, I found it to be rather inaccessible.  I
don't have any sight and the on and off button was tough for me to
gage
because it was a toggle switch.  I can't see the light which indicates
when it is on.  Do you have any suggestions as I really want to use a
wireless ear piece.  

Thanks so much,

Kathy 

Kathy Davis, Counselor, LMHC
Senior Professor
Daytona Beach Community College
386-506-3369
davisk at dbcc.edu 

>>> "mhingson" <mhingson at guidedogs.com> Thursday, December 07, 2006
11:31 PM >>>
Hi Sid,

What I use are two devices.  The first is what people call a dongle. 
The
dongle is actually a small matchbox size Bluetooth transmitter.  It
has
a
sub mini plug intended to attach to non-Bluetooth cell phones.  I use
a
sub
mini too mini adapter to convert this plug to one that will connect
with the
earphone jack on the KNFB reader.

This transmitter transmits to a standard cell phone Bluetooth
earpiece.
 Of
course, the advantage of all this is that I do not need to use
earphones
with a wire.  I use this configuration everywhere I go from airplanes
to
hotels to jury rooms.

The dongle and earpiece I use are both manufactured by Jabra.  I
purchased
them both from RadioShack for a total cost of around $120.

If you need more information please feel free to contact me off-line
at
mhingson at guidedogs.com.  Good luck.

Mike Hingson

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Subject: Re: [Reader-users] KNFB reader helps dispense justice

Mike, please describe the bluetooth dongel and how it connects to the
Reader.

Thanks, Sid Ordway

>mhingson writes:

Hi everyone,

Here is another story for the annals of the KNFB reader.

Recently I was summoned to report for jury duty here in Marin County. 
I was
asked to report last Wednesday.  So, with KNFB reader and BookPort in
hand
off I went to do my civic duty.

After the obligatory preliminaries and introduction to jury service
were
completed hi and 59 other people trooped down to courtrooms see where
we
anxiously waited to see who would be selected to serve on the jury for
the
trial being conducted in that courtroom.  I was not one of the first
12
summoned to sit in the jury box.  However, after 10 or 11 peremptory
challenges I was drafted and took my place in the box.  I was
questioned by
the judge, the prosecutor, and the defense lawyer.  Although I was not
challenged, another person was and so the selection process went on. 
After
two more challenges the attorneys said they were satisfied.

There I was with 11 other people now sitting in judgment of an
individual
brought up on a misdemeanor battery charge.  The process and the trial
were
fascinating.  I won't bore you with all the facts.  Suffice it to say
we all
paid attention and did our best to wait our turn to discuss the facts
in the
jury room at the end of the trial.

Skip ahead now to Friday morning.  The judge read her instructions to
the
jury at the end of the day on Thursday.  We all arrived on Friday
fresh
and
ready to deliberate.  The first order of business was to select a four
person.  Someone said "who wants to be four people"?  After about 15
seconds
of silence I spoke up and said that as long as no one else was
volunteering
I would be willing to take the job.  And so, there I was reader and
BookPort
in hand, foreman of the jury.

As we began to deliberate it became obvious that we needed to reread
the
instructions the judge had given to us.  This was done by one of the
other
jurors, for the most part.  However, there were times when I wanted to
specifically read certain portions while others talked.  Out came the
KNFB
reader with Bluetooth dongle attached and Bluetooth headpiece in my
ear.  I
read the instruction sections I needed to read.  The reader performed
flawlessly!  It was wonderful to be able to read independently and use
that
knowledge from my reading to help in our deliberations.  In fact,
because of
what I read, I was able to bring appropriate focus to certain portions
of
the trial specifically in considering certain parts of the law.

We deliberated for an hour and 15 minutes after which we found the
defendant
not guilty.  As in such cases, the decision needed to be a unanimous
one.
It was.

We all left the courtroom feeling we did a great job.  The judge was
impressed with what the KNFB reader did.  I think the news got around
the
entire courthouse very quickly.

I think this story is what the KNFB reader development project and all
our
hard work is all about.  Justice was served and the organized blind
were
part of the process.  Great job everyone!  Now, I am just waiting for
the
day that history gets reinvented and we discover that Perry Mason was
blind
(grin).  By the way, I never did get to use the BookPort.

Mike Hingson

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