[Reader-users] How do you use yours?

Dean Anderson danderson at wasatch.org
Thu Nov 30 09:28:28 CST 2006 

I had the same expereince even when going through customs from Canada to the US.  Not a problem.  Even sat on the plane and perused the magazines.  That was a first for me in 20 years.  Dean.  

Dean F. Anderson L.C.S.W.
Director, Adult Outpatient Services 
Wasatch Mental Health
 
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:
This e-mail communication, and any attachments, may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of it is or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments and notify the sender of the error by reply e-mail or by telephone, so the sender's address records can be corrected.


>>> cindy425 at verizon.net 11/30/2006 7:53:21 am >>>
I just went on a trip, last week.  I went through security, several times, 
and no one ever even asked about the Reader.  It was in my carry on bag.  I 
had a laptop, too and was asked to take that out of the bag.  But, nothing 
was said, at all, about the reader.

Cindy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <weckerly at i2k.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] How do you use yours?


Hi, Graham,

I bought mine at our convention. So when I went tothe airport to come
home, I had it in my back pack (box in suitcasej). I also had a
Braille Note and a lap top with me. I realize that you folks across
the pond from us have had more trouble with electronics in airports
than we have had. Anyway, I had not trouble taking it all home and
going through airport security.

Evelyn

At 03:20 AM 11/30/2006, you wrote:
>Content-class: urn:content-classes:message
>Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
>         boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C71460.C9DDE7DC"
>
>Well the meetings issue is a separate one really.  It is about
>balencing the dsruption of people's thoughts, including mine,
>against the additional information I can get from a document.  Also
>I am still not that skilled in listening to a document while
>conversation is talong place around me.  I am getting there though
>and it is surprising how well you can work in mukti-channels of
>communication in this way.
>
>I don't have an issue woth annoying people with my gadgets.  I have
>usually asked for documents in advance so...
>
>What you say about buses, trains and plains is encouraging.  I will
>have to do some tests this weekend!
>
>Has enbody encoutered problems at airports with the device.  It does
>have a rather threatening look to it.  If I were airport security, I
>would stick it in a bucket of sand.
>
>Graham Lewis
>Centre for Academic Practice
>University of Warwick
>University House
>Kirby Corner Road
>Coventry CV4 8UW
>UK
>Email: graham.lewis at warwick.ac.uk 
>Tel.: (+44) (0) 24 765 72737
>Mobile: 07703100401
>Fax.: (+44) (0) 24 765 72736
>Blog: http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/glewis/ 
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org on behalf of Barbara Loos
>Sent: Wed 29/11/2006 21:58
>To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list
>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] How do you use yours?
>
>
>
>I have found that mostly people don't seem to be bothered when I use the
>reader at meetings, on moving buses, in airports or planes, in the church
>pew, etc.  I find that it does quite well in all of those settings.
>
>Barbara Loos
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lewis, Graham" <Graham.Lewis at warwick.ac.uk>
>To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
><reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:39 AM
>Subject: [Reader-users] How do you use yours?
>
>
>I tend to use mine to access fairly short documents away from the office. 
>I
>attend a lot of meetings and do not always get all the dicumentation in
>advance.  Of course if there are handouts during a meeting it is still
>difficult on practice to start snapping away while everybody is talking.
>
>I tracel on trains quite a lot and have not yet tired capturing material
>when on a train.  I suspect vibtation and jolting would rule that out even
>if I could find the spaceor ecen a seat!
>
>I could see that I might scan a longer document while in a hotel room at a
>conference but I wonder how many pages I could scan before replacing the
>camera battery.  Yes we have a spare which could be charging.  A tripod
>might be useful then but I can't see me dragging it about on the off chance
>that I might do this.  I already cause havoc at the airport when they see
>all my gadgets.
>
>Having said all that, I am a dabbler and like, I suspect, others here I
>always want to fiddle with anyu new device to see what else it can do.
>
>Like the Bookcourier that is now almost part of my body, the reader is one
>of those devices that I suspect will become a part of my everyday life.
>
>The chargers are not quite so neat for the UK market.  That nice fold away
>camera battery charger has a long cable in the UK and does not fit in the
>carrying case.  The PDA charger with its three prong plug really crowds the
>carrying case.  I would like to suggest that the carrying case be a little
>bogger for the UK market.
>
>Graham
>
>Graham Lewis
>Centre for Academic Practice
>University of Warwick
>University House
>Kirby Corner Road
>Coventry CV4 8UW
>UK
>Email: graham.lewis at warwick.ac.uk 
>Tel.: (+44) (0) 24 765 72737
>Mobile: 07703100401
>Fax.: (+44) (0) 24 765 72736
>Blog: http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/glewis/ 
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org on behalf of mhingson
>Sent: Wed 29/11/2006 05:10
>To: 'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list'
>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Reading books with the KNFB reader
>
>
>
>All,
>
>It seems to me that in fact the reader can and will be used to read long
>documents and books.  Why not?
>
>The whole idea is to be able to read materials while away from home base or
>when not in front of a computer with K1000 or some other PC-based OCR
>engine.  I have used the reader to scan long reports. I use it to read a
>great deal while traveling.
>
>Batch scanning while preserving the information we now receive about page
>orientation during each scan is a good idea.
>
>I wonder if there are any plans to survey current users concerning features
>we would like to see.  I am sure a huge suggestion list has been compiled
>which would make a great survey list.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>[mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Jones
>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:53 PM
>To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list
>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Reading books with the KNFB reader
>
>the batch is a must. Now I have to tell it to save images and then when
>it begins to process them cancel it and then take the next picture. If
>it could save the pic and then have a timer x seconds later take the
>next shot, that would be wonderful.
>Also, there's no way to select more than one image for processing at a
>time from the file mode.
>Might be nice if there was a status in the settings some where that kept
>track of how many shots you've taken. Maybe the user could decide if it
>reset when you turn it on or not. This could be used to keep track of
>how many shots you've taken on a current camera battery. -- Would like a
>low battery alert on the reader itself.
>
>Kevin
>Beth Wright wrote:
> > I, too, am intrigued by the possibility of reading books with the KNFB
> > reader.  It recognizes so many types of print.  Why waste all that on
> > handouts and junk mail?  It sounds as though some people are reading 
> > books
>
> > with it already.  If so, and you have any tips and tricks, please send
>them
> > on, and I'd be in favor of adding at least a few book-reading features 
> > to
> > future upgrades.
> >
> > Beth
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Reader-users mailing list
> > Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 
>_______________________________________________
>Reader-users mailing list
>Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 
>
>_______________________________________________
>Reader-users mailing list
>Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 
>
>
>
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Reader-users mailing list
> > Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 
> >
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.16/551 - Release Date: 11/25/2006
>
>_______________________________________________
>Reader-users mailing list
>Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Reader-users mailing list
>Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


_______________________________________________
Reader-users mailing list
Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users 


_______________________________________________
Reader-users mailing list
Reader-users at nfbnet.org 
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users

More information about the Reader-users mailing list