[Reader-users] Fw: questions
Mike Freeman
k7uij at panix.com
Mon Jun 4 23:05:25 CDT 2007
Janet:
Often in printed legislation, words that *were* in the law are indicated
in some way as having been crossed out and the ssubstitute wording is
also indicated by a change in print style or other method. Put another
way, the law you see -- especially if it is from a recently-passed
bill -- does not just contain the new language; it contains both old and
new language in such a way that a sighted person can tell what has been
changed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Coleman
To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
I don't believe that anything was crossed out on the pages that I was
reading. I believe that I was reading only the pages that had new
legislation relating to mental health practice. So, now I am
wondering if I
did something wrong with my reader or is there something wrong with
my
reader. I tried it at different heights --lower and higher. I tried
books
and labels and bills and memos. I just had no luck, and it was very
disillusioning to me.
Probably there is no reason to send a hard copy, and if I had been
wiser, I would have just downloaded via the computer and had the
computer
read it to me.
But still, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? Janet
----- 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: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
> Hi Janet:
>
> Sending me the printed copy is certainly an option. I have printed
the
> page
> and read it pretty well in version 3.4.8, which is the version you
are
> using. According to your original message, I expected to get very
little
> text, but I was actually able to read the entire page. Perhaps it
has
> something to do with the printer used to print the text for you.
>
> You should know that this text includes words and lines that are
crossed
> out. This is a common practice in legislation. The reader
generally
> skips
> the crossed out words and reads the words that are not crossed out.
I
> found
> that the text between lines 17 and 21 on page 90 was entirely
crossed out.
> However, the Reader did make an effort to make one or two words out
of
> this
> block of text, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Then the speech
was
> completely understandable once again after it reached line 21.
>
> Incidentally, I also brought up the same file in adobe, which is the
> software used to read PDF files. This is the form of legislative
files
> you
> can download from the Nebraska Unicameral.
>
> Interestingly enough, when I went to the same page to read the text
> between
> lines 17 and 21 on page 90, I was able to read every word of the
crossed
> out
> text without any indication whatsoever that the text had been
crossed out.
> This means that it is almost impossible to read and understand
legislation
> that contains strike-overs if you are using adobe. Unless I knew
> differently, I would have assumed that the words it was reading
between
> lines 17 and 21 on page 90 were still part of the law and had not
been
> crossed out.
>
> Finally, I brought the PDF document up on the pc using Kurzweil
1,000.
> The
> results were definitely better than adobe. I was able to tell that
> something was definitely "messed up" in regard to the crossed out
text
> mentioned above, but I would have no way of knowing that it was
really
> crossed out. I could pretty well assume that it had been, though,
which
> is
> somewhat better than our reader.
>
> Here is the bottom-line:
>
> I will be happy to look at the hard copy page(s) if you want to send
it.
> Please send to:
>
> James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson St.,
> Baltimore,
> MD 21218.
>
> Also, please send me an email message telling me that you have sent
the
> material.
>
> The electronic images would also be helpful if you can send them.
>
> Thanks, J. G.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Coleman
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:24 AM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>
> I have checked with someone who was in the original test group with
the
> reader. He suggested that it might be helpful if I sent you the
hard copy
> from which I tried to take the pictures. If this would be helpful,
I'll
> do
> that. I would just need a mailing address for you.
> Janet Coleman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james gashel" <jgashel at verizon.net>
> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>
>
>> Hi Janet:
>>
>
>> I haven't had a chance to look at this yet. However, let me also
ask
>> you if you have saved any of the problem images. If the answer is
>> "yes," my next question is, do you have the technology you would
need
>> to forward one or more of the images to me? All you need is a card
>> reader that will accept the storage card from your Reader. Some
>> computers have built-in card readers. In other cases, you need to
get
>> a card reader that connects to the pc through the USB port. In
either
>> case, the card will appear on the pc as another drive. You can
copy
>> any file to a place on the hard drive of the pc and then work from
>> there to attach the image files to an email message.
>>
>> If you believe you can do this, I would like to have a look at one
or
>> two of the images you are having trouble reading. You can attach
>> images to an email message, but don't send more than one (maximum
two)
>> with any single message. The address to use is
<jim at knfbreader.com>
>>
>> Meanwhile, we will also try to pull up the bill and look at it here
as
>> well.
>>
>>
>> Thanks, J. G.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Coleman
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:50 AM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>>
>> It is legislative bill 247. I was reading a section beginning on
>> page 90.
>>
>> I was using a copy of the bill that was sent to me.
>> thanks for your help. I ended up reading only the sections
>> underlined since these were the new legislation parts.
>> I was finally able to make it through using the CCTV , but I had
>> hoped to use the reader which would've been much easier.
>> Janet
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "james gashel" <jgashel at verizon.net>
>> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi Janet:
>>>
>>> I think the only way we can know what is going on with this image
is
>>> to see the pictures you are taking. Another way, in this
instance,
>>> is if you give me the number of the bill, we can print it out and
>>> take pictures of our own.
>>> Let's start with the second option. Please give me the number of
the
>>> bill, and I will try it out on this end.
>>>
>>> Thanks, J. G.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet
Coleman
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 11:15 PM
>>> To: reader-users at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Janet Coleman" <Janet.Coleman at Alltel.net>
>>> To: <readers-users at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:49 PM
>>> Subject: questions
>>>
>>>
>>>> This entire weekend, I have been trying to get my relatively new
>>>> reader to
>>>
>>>> do two things, and I've had only minimal luck.
>>>> First, I have been trying to read a legislative bill just
passed
>>>> by the
>>>
>>>> Nebraska Unicameral. I get typically two responses--no text or
>>>> embedded text. There is text available. the bill is at least
>>>> three spaced lines and the new legislation is underlined. I've
>>>> tried it in both books and labels and in bills and memos. I have
>>>> been able to get only a few words read and then am told end of
text
>>>> or embedded text. What am I doing wrong?
>>>> The second thing is that I have tried to read a newspaper
>>>> advertisement. Again although there is text, I am told that there
is
>>>> no text. It is printed in black and white and while the numbers
are
>>>> large the text is not.
>>>>
>>>> Janet Coleman
>>>> janet.coleman at alltel.net
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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Janet:
Often in printed legislation, words that *were* in the law are indicated in some way as having been crossed out and the ssubstitute wording is also indicated by a change in print style or other method. Put another way, the law you see -- especially if it is from a recently-passed bill -- does not just contain the new language; it contains both old and new language in such a way that a sighted person can tell what has been changed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:Janet.Coleman at Alltel.net Janet Coleman
To:
mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
Sent:
Monday, June 04, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject:
Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
I don't believe that anything was crossed out on the pages that I was
reading. I believe that I was reading only the pages that had new
legislation relating to mental health practice. So, now I am wondering if I
did something wrong with my reader or is there something wrong with my
reader. I tried it at different heights --lower and higher. I tried books
and labels and bills and memos. I just had no luck, and it was very
disillusioning to me.
Probably there is no reason to send a hard copy, and if I had been
wiser, I would have just downloaded via the computer and had the computer
read it to me.
But still, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? Janet
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Gashel" < mailto:jim at knfbreader.com jim at knfbreader.com
>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
< mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org reader-users at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
> Hi Janet:
>
> Sending me the printed copy is certainly an option. I have printed the
> page
> and read it pretty well in version 3.4.8, which is the version you are
> using. According to your original message, I expected to get very little
> text, but I was actually able to read the entire page. Perhaps it has
> something to do with the printer used to print the text for you.
>
> You should know that this text includes words and lines that are crossed
> out. This is a common practice in legislation. The reader generally
> skips
> the crossed out words and reads the words that are not crossed out. I
> found
> that the text between lines 17 and 21 on page 90 was entirely crossed out.
> However, the Reader did make an effort to make one or two words out of
> this
> block of text, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Then the speech was
> completely understandable once again after it reached line 21.
>
> Incidentally, I also brought up the same file in adobe, which is the
> software used to read PDF files. This is the form of legislative files
> you
> can download from the Nebraska Unicameral.
>
> Interestingly enough, when I went to the same page to read the text
> between
> lines 17 and 21 on page 90, I was able to read every word of the crossed
> out
> text without any indication whatsoever that the text had been crossed out.
> This means that it is almost impossible to read and understand legislation
> that contains strike-overs if you are using adobe. Unless I knew
> differently, I would have assumed that the words it was reading between
> lines 17 and 21 on page 90 were still part of the law and had not been
> crossed out.
>
> Finally, I brought the PDF document up on the pc using Kurzweil 1,000.
> The
> results were definitely better than adobe. I was able to tell that
> something was definitely "messed up" in regard to the crossed out text
> mentioned above, but I would have no way of knowing that it was really
> crossed out. I could pretty well assume that it had been, though, which
> is
> somewhat better than our reader.
>
> Here is the bottom-line:
>
> I will be happy to look at the hard copy page(s) if you want to send it.
> Please send to:
>
> James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson St.,
> Baltimore,
> MD 21218.
>
> Also, please send me an email message telling me that you have sent the
> material.
>
> The electronic images would also be helpful if you can send them.
>
> Thanks, J. G.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Coleman
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:24 AM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>
> I have checked with someone who was in the original test group with the
> reader. He suggested that it might be helpful if I sent you the hard copy
> from which I tried to take the pictures. If this would be helpful, I'll
> do
> that. I would just need a mailing address for you.
> Janet Coleman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james gashel" < mailto:jgashel at verizon.net jgashel at verizon.net
>
> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
> < mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org reader-users at nfbnet.org
>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>
>
>> Hi Janet:
>>
>
>> I haven't had a chance to look at this yet. However, let me also ask
>> you if you have saved any of the problem images. If the answer is
>> "yes," my next question is, do you have the technology you would need
>> to forward one or more of the images to me? All you need is a card
>> reader that will accept the storage card from your Reader. Some
>> computers have built-in card readers. In other cases, you need to get
>> a card reader that connects to the pc through the USB port. In either
>> case, the card will appear on the pc as another drive. You can copy
>> any file to a place on the hard drive of the pc and then work from
>> there to attach the image files to an email message.
>>
>> If you believe you can do this, I would like to have a look at one or
>> two of the images you are having trouble reading. You can attach
>> images to an email message, but don't send more than one (maximum two)
>> with any single message. The address to use is < mailto:jim at knfbreader.com jim at knfbreader.com
>
>>
>> Meanwhile, we will also try to pull up the bill and look at it here as
>> well.
>>
>>
>> Thanks, J. G.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Coleman
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:50 AM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>>
>> It is legislative bill 247. I was reading a section beginning on
>> page 90.
>>
>> I was using a copy of the bill that was sent to me.
>> thanks for your help. I ended up reading only the sections
>> underlined since these were the new legislation parts.
>> I was finally able to make it through using the CCTV , but I had
>> hoped to use the reader which would've been much easier.
>> Janet
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "james gashel" < mailto:jgashel at verizon.net jgashel at verizon.net
>
>> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
>> < mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org reader-users at nfbnet.org
>
>> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi Janet:
>>>
>>> I think the only way we can know what is going on with this image is
>>> to see the pictures you are taking. Another way, in this instance,
>>> is if you give me the number of the bill, we can print it out and
>>> take pictures of our own.
>>> Let's start with the second option. Please give me the number of the
>>> bill, and I will try it out on this end.
>>>
>>> Thanks, J. G.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Coleman
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 11:15 PM
>>> To: mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org reader-users at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Reader-users] Fw: questions
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Janet Coleman" < mailto:Janet.Coleman at Alltel.net Janet.Coleman at Alltel.net
>
>>> To: < mailto:readers-users at nfbnet.org readers-users at nfbnet.org
>
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:49 PM
>>> Subject: questions
>>>
>>>
>>>> This entire weekend, I have been trying to get my relatively new
>>>> reader to
>>>
>>>> do two things, and I've had only minimal luck.
>>>> First, I have been trying to read a legislative bill just passed
>>>> by the
>>>
>>>> Nebraska Unicameral. I get typically two responses--no text or
>>>> embedded text. There is text available. the bill is at least
>>>> three spaced lines and the new legislation is underlined. I've
>>>> tried it in both books and labels and in bills and memos. I have
>>>> been able to get only a few words read and then am told end of text
>>>> or embedded text. What am I doing wrong?
>>>> The second thing is that I have tried to read a newspaper
>>>> advertisement. Again although there is text, I am told that there is
>>>> no text. It is printed in black and white and while the numbers are
>>>> large the text is not.
>>>>
>>>> Janet Coleman
>>>> mailto:janet.coleman at alltel.net janet.coleman at alltel.net
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Reader-users mailing list
>>> mailto:Reader-users at nfbnet.org Reader-users at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/reader-users
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
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