[Reader-users] Is it really necessary to have portrait orrientation?

[James Jolley]

Hi Jim,

Very interesting to read your message. I only ever use it in really critical 
situations and try to aim for 50 or more percent. Like I said in our oflist 
message, magazines are useless with the field of view because it never takes 
into account pictures and things like that. Let's hope the next update can 
add more info to that report.

All the best

-James-

----- 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: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Is it really necessary to have portrait 
orrientation?


> Hi James:
>
> It is not necessary to obtain portrait orientation or even to use the 
> field
> of view report.  However, if there are times when I don't get the quality 
> I
> am looking for, I may check my alignment before I take the picture again.
>
> If you don't have portrait orientation, it is possible that some of the
> print on the missing edge will be cut off.  In that event, the Reader may
> just omit reading you quite a bit of text.  The Reader does not try to 
> read
> you partial words.  So, if some letters are cut off on the left side of 
> the
> page, the Reader may end up skipping the entire line.
>
> Obviously, if the Reader reports not seeing the left edge, that doesn't
> necessarily mean that any of the text is cut off.  The Reader is reporting
> if the edge of the page is seen, not if the left edge of the words is 
> seen.
> Therefore, it may be that some but not all of the margin is seen.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks, J. G.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Jolley
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 5:43 PM
> To: reader-users at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Reader-users] Is it really necessary to have portrait
> orrientation?
>
> Hi Jim and folks,
>
> I noted that Jim mentioned in one of his messages that he often gets
> portrait orrientation. I can't seem to get that all that much, but still 
> get
> good results if the field of view says something to the effect of, "Top,
> bottom and right edges are visible, 60 percent filled".
>
> It seems to always work then. If it gives me something different like "top
> right and bottom edges are visible" I just move accross a bit to the left
> and see what comes of it. To be honest, I never really use the field of 
> view
> to get it perfect, If it get 50 percent or more in, then alls fair.
>
> Is that just me or are many users the same?
>
> Best
>
> -James-
>
>
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