[Reader-users] features in the next upgrade

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Jim and listers,

Given all of the recent discussion about paper money identification will
that ability be available in the new upgrade? I'm sure someone would ask
about this sooner or later. If I blew your cover you have my permission to
shoot me. Best wishes to everyone for a great 2007.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gashel, James" <JGashel at nfb.org>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] features in the next upgrade


Hi Robert and all:

We are actually making very good progress on the next upgrade, which
should be released well before the end of January.  At this point I can
tell you that the new capabilities are really quite exciting.  We have
been concentrating on responding to some of the most frequent
recommendations we received during the beta test last spring.  So, for
one thing, the field of view report has been enhanced in a major way.
It now uses the flash and actually takes a low resolution picture.  This
provides a report that is much closer to the results obtained when we
actually take a picture with down arrow.  You can even get a field of
view report in the dark.  Besides, the field of view report now includes
information on the rotation of the Reader relative to the page.  This
has always been presented during the picture processing sequence, but it
is now part of the field of view report as well.  The combination of
these enhancements is to give a report that really supports very
accurate alignment before taking a picture.  However, you can still
bypass the field of view report altogether, and the Reader works just
fine most of the time.

Another new feature is a short-cut means to switch from one reading mode
to another.  This makes it very quick to go from books, articles, and
labels mode to bills and memos mode.  Also, the new software will allow
you to reprocess the last image taken in the alternate reading mode
immediately after changing the mode.  This is very helpful when you find
a document that is not reading very well in one mode but should have
been captured in the other.

These are just a few of the new things you will notice coming up.
However, this is definitely not all.  The problem is, if I told you the
absolute biggest of the changes coming up, as the saying goes, I really
would have to kill you.

So, since neither you nor I want anything like that to happen, please
stand by.

Thanks, J. G.

******************************************

James Gashel
Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland  21230
Telephone:  (410) 659-9314, ext. 2227
Fax:  (410) 685-5653
Email:  jgashel at nfb.org

-----Original Message-----
From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of robert stigile
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:52 PM
To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Not Quite Tight Charger Plug

Hello,
I am wondering if there are any other features you can share with us
that will be in the upgrade.
Thanks,
Robert Stigile
Email: rstigile at sbcglobal.net


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gashel, James" <JGashel at NFB.ORG
>To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users
list"<reader-users at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:00:26 -0500
>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Not Quite Tight Charger Plug

>Hello All:

>The next software update, which should be distributed in January,
2007,
>will tell you the battery status and confirm if the system is
connected
>to external power as soon as you switch it on.  This will make it
more
>automatic and straight forward to confirm that the power
connection has
>been made.



>-----Original Message-----
>From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>[mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JD Townsend
>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 12:03 PM
>To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list
>Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Not Quite Tight Charger Plug

>Hi:

> I too have noticed that the adaptor plug doesn't fit snugly and
have
>had trouble knowing if it is indeed charging unless I check by
turning
>the unit on, pressing f 1 twice, and listening to the battery
message.
>Quite a bit to go through .


>JD Townsend
>Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth, Sol System
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