[Reader-users] First for using my Reader

[Steve Jacobson]

Terry,

When I was testing the reader, I was able to read labels on a number of bottles of wine.  I generally took the picture with the bottle upright, but I also was successful 
with the bottle laying down.  Within limits, of course, the further back you are, the better chance that you will get more of the image, and possibly the curvature will 
have less of an effect.  An interesting thing that can happen, though, is that items behind the bottle can be picked up so be sure the area behind the bottle is clear.  
Maybe this has changed since I was testing, but a pattern in the background can also confuse, or at least slow the recognition process.  This can become more of 
an issue if you happen to lay a bottle down on a tablecloth that has a pattern, for example.  It also probably makes sense to not take a picture of a standing bottle 
with a light source behind it.  In other words, if the reader is facing a window or lamp when it is aimed at the bottle, this probably would negatively affect results.

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:09:56 -0400, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:

>Cindy;
>Thanks for the great news.  Can you describe how you went about taking a
>picture of a round item?  Did you take it from the side, while the
>bottle was standing up?  What mode did you use?
>I wonder if I can identify a tv dinner.  I can not wait until I have
>some time to read and label my cd's.  
>Terry Powers


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cindy Handel [mailto:cindy425 at verizon.net] 
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:07 AM
>To: Reader Users
>Subject: [Reader-users] First for using my Reader

>Yesterday, I was looking for some garlic salt.  It's in a round bottle,
>but 
>it's fairly large.  So, I got the Reader out and looked at a couple
>bottles. 
>I did find the garlic salt and, since I checked it with my Optacon, I
>know 
>that the Reader read the light print on a dark background just
>beautifully! 
>I wasn't sure what it would do with the curve of the bottle, but it
>worked.

>Cindy


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