[Reader-users] flash life and beyond

[Gashel, James]

Hi Vishal:

I estimate that we have had about 25 failures of the type you have
analyzed, and we presently have about 175 Readers out with users.  

We distributed about 400 units during our beta test, and most of them
have now been returned to us.  We check all of them, and replace spines
as needed.  I don't know what we will find as we proceed to prepare
units to be sold, but I suspect it will be approximately the same
porportion as have been found to fail so far.  

Also, I have seen a few units that were functioning just fine for many
months but then failed.  This leads to the concern that a certain
percentage of the 175 now sold will eventually come back for
replacement.  We need to be prepared for that possibility.  

Thanks, J. G.

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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



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 kevin at kevinrj.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:25 AM
To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list
Cc: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list
Subject: [Reader-users] flash life and beyond

hello James and all, probably when or before parts die you can get a
better camera. There is a powershot sd40 model out that has 7mp  that
may improve reading results, it als ohas zoom. I haven't gotten my hands
on one yet or i might have some actual data.
Kevin

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