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

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Hi Jim;
Can you define portrait orientation?  I understand the other one that
tells you about whether it sees the edges of the document.
Thanks.
Terry Powers
 

-----Original Message-----
From: James Gashel [mailto:jim at knfbreader.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:35 PM
To: 'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'
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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