[Reader-users] How do you use yours?

Thu Nov 30 21:25:02 CST 2006

Same here.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: [Reader-users] How do you use yours?

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>
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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:
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>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
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>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?
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>
>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?
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>
>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/
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>
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>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
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>
>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.
>
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>[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
> >
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