[Reader-users] Back on the radar

[Dave Wright]

Hey there Roy,
Sure thing, you may feel free to phone me anytime. I'm not sure that I will 
always have the answers that you're looking for, but I'll do my best to find 
the people who can. As for getting a proper shot of the print text that 
you're trying to read, I'd go ahead and follow Mr. Gashel's directions below 
and see what kind of results you come up with. The reader is a device which 
requires a bit of getting used to, but once you are used to it, the reader 
becomes a powerful device, which will open new doors to you. In terms of the 
latest update, you should be running on version 3.8.1.

Regards,
Dave Wright
University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC
Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
Mobile: (773)656-7189
Please visit and Support:
http://www.blindscience.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Gashel" <jim at knfbreader.com>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Back on the radar


> Hi Roy:
>
> Not to step on Dave's toes, too much, but I do have a suggestion for you.
>
> I am quite sure you are holding the reader much too close to the page. 
> Use
> the field of view report and practice until it says "all four edges are
> visible.  Let's assume you are using a standard 8-1/2 by 11 inch piece of
> paper to practice.  You should learn the position where the field of view
> report tells you that the image is somewhere between 50 and 60 percent 
> full.
> It is very hard to get "all four edges visible" if the image is larger 
> than
> 70 percent.
>
> Try lifting the Reader much higher than you think you should and do your
> field of view report.  You are more likely to get all four edges visible 
> the
> further above the page you are.  Then, if you still think you are too far
> back, bring the reader straight down when you have an all four edges 
> report,
> and do the report again.  As long as the report tells you that the image 
> is
> larger than 50 percent, there is really no need to get closer than that, 
> as
> long as you have all four edges.
>
> You need to experiment with these techniques, and I know you will succeed.
> Thanks, J. G.
> *************
> James Gashel
> Vice President of Business Development
> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
> telephone (443) 854-0854
> toll free (866) 836-9988
> fax (781) 263-9999
> jim at knfbreader.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Roy Dubriel
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:38 PM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Back on the radar
>
> Hello, Dave:
>
> I can use all the help I can get.
>
> I have the latest update(3.4.81) but I have a problem reading from the top
> of the page, although I long press  the enter key. It reads me two or 
> three
> lines if I am lucky. I know that the page has several hundred words on the
> page, for my wife says the page is full. I turn on view finder and I press
> up arrow to where it says, " please maintain your position and so on. It
> also says that top and bottom edges are visible.
>
>
> Please let me know if I can phone you sometime to night or Sunday.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy Dubriel
> "Miracles  are not contrary to nature, but only  contrary is what we know
> about nature" St. Augustine... of Fillo.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Wright" <gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:35 PM
> Subject: [Reader-users] Back on the radar
>
>
> Hello All,
> I'm once again available to answer questions concerning the KNFB reader. I
> was off list for a bit as I did not have internet. Please feel to write me
> off-list, or give me a call with your questions.
>
> Regards,
> Dave Wright
> University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC
> Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
> Mobile: (773)656-7189
> Please visit and Support:
> http://www.blindscience.org
>
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