[Reader-users] Reader saves the day again

[Hope Hein]

Wow!

-----Original Message-----
.From: "Evelyn Weckerly"<weckerly at i2k.com>
.Sent: 3/23/07 12:55:29 PM
.To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
.Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Reader saves the day again
.
.Hi, Karl,
.
.What a fine story!
.
.Evelyn
.
.At 12:50 PM 3/23/2007, you wrote:
.>Well I seem to have these experiences at CSUN.  Before I came to LA on
.>Monday I shipped an 80 cell Alva Braille display to the Marriott which was
.>needed at the booth in the exhibit hall.  It was supposed to arrive on
.>Wednesday.
.>
.>Last night, I confess I forgot about it, I suddenly remembered that I should
.>have had the package by now.  I called the front desk and they told me that
.>I had no message and so nothing had been delivered for me.  Remember this is
.>about a $10,000.00 item so I began to get a little nervous.  Well, as it
.>happened I had the original receipt with me but no sighted person around to
.>read the tracking number.  I brought out my trusty KNFB reader and snapped a
.>picture.  All but one of the characters in the number were read and since I
.>have seen a few of these numbers in my day I tried an X in the place of the
.>unrecognized character.  Guess what, I was right and the package had been
.>delivered on Wednesday and I had the person's name who signed for it.
.>Suddenly they found the box and all is as it should be.  Go KNFBR.
.>
.>Karl
.>
.>
.>____________________
.>
.>Karl Smith
.>Access Technology Specialist
.>Axis
.>4304 South El Camino St.
.>Taylorsville, Utah 84119
.>
.>Phone:  866-824-7885
.>Fax:    866-824-7885
.>E-mail: karl at axistech.net
.>
.>No one will ever go broke underestimating the intelligence of the human
.>race.
.>
.>    - H. L. Menkin
.>
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