[Reader-users] features in the next upgrade

[Gashel, James]

Hi Hope:

The upgrade will be available for both, but you need to get the upgrade
from the dealer who sold you the Reader.  In the case of Readers sold by
the NFB, we will be distributing the upgrade as soon as it is approved
as final.  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hope Hein
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:10 AM
To: reader-users at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] features in the next upgrade

Hi Jim!
Will the upgrade be availible for both KNFB readers? The test readers
made by the NFB and the new ones made by Kurzweil?

Thank you.
Hope

-----Original Message-----
.From: "robert stigile"<rstigile at sbcglobal.net>
.Sent: 1/5/07 2:14:14 PM
.To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader
userslist"<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
.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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