[Reader-users] Back on the radar

Sat Aug 25 18:20:23 CDT 2007

Hey Roy!
Have a nice time at your picnick.
Hope

-----Original Message-----
.From: "Roy Dubriel"<ydubriel at earthlink.net>
.Sent: 8/25/07 11:06:17 AM
.To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
.Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Back on the radar
.
.Good moring, Jim and Dave:
.
.Thank you or yawl. I will phone you, Dave, this evening but I am leaving in 
.a few minutes to go  to my NFB pic nick.
.
.Sincerely,
.
.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: Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:42 AM
.Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Back on the radar
.
.
.> 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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