[Reader-users] features in the next upgrade

[Loren Wakefield]

Can I send you a list to share with?  (smile)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert stigile" <rstigile at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader userslist" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] features in the next upgrade


> Thanks,
> I look forward to receiving the next upgrade.
> 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: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:06:04 -0500
>>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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