[Reader-users] Determining The Correct Tilt: Was RE: my mom's letter

[Cindy Handel]

Pam,

The camera is the part which kind of hangs down from the PDA.  When you're 
holding the Reader above the paper, the PDA should be level.  The Reader 
should not be tilted, at all, if you can help it.  If you'll feel the 
opening of the case where the camera is, (the part which protrudes from the 
PDA), you'll feel a circle.  This is where the lens opens to take the 
picture.  This needs to be pointed at the paper.  That's why some people say 
is you place the Reader flat on a page and lift straight up, you should get 
a good picture.  I guess you need to know that it means to place the camera 
(smallest part of the Reader) flat, so the PDA is level, then lift the 
entire reader up.

Cindy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Drake" <pamdrake at drakelroy.com>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'" 
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Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 4:00 AM
Subject: [Reader-users] Determining The Correct Tilt: Was RE: my mom's 
letter


I am trying to determine how to recognize and perfect the tilt.  I'm
imagining it as a kind of downward slant, placing the camera at the proper
height, but closer to the paper than the pda.  Is this assumption correct?
Can anyone possibly describe what position I'm trying to find?  Is it a
steep angle?  Shannon first told me of this privately in a phone
conversation, and I think I have the idea, but wanted to run my idea by the
list to get any further clarification from anyone.  My spatial judgment is
somewhat off, so the more possible illustrations I can get of this idea, the
better.

Thanks, as always.

Pam



-----Original Message-----
From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon!
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 1:52 PM
To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
Subject: [Reader-users] my mom's letter

Hi James,
I most definitely shall keep the letter, not only to show what the reader
can do, but also to help me learn to be a better picture taker.  I was
getting 2 and a half thirds of the letter, but no matter what I did, I could
not get it all.  So when my husband came home, I turned the view finder on
so he could see and we practiced the tilt of the camera.  IN my case, I was
holding it high enough, but my tilt was wrong.  This is probably the
hardest, (though not really hard), thing about the Reader, is getting that
camera tilt right, especially if you absolutely must, or want to, read the
full page.
I've got the letter saved on my cf card and the original print letter, just
in case I need to practice the tilt some more.
Shannon
Don't question the gifts you have been given; just do what you can to pass
the gifts along.

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