[Reader-users] Languages for the KNFB Reader.

[James Jolley]

Hi Jim,

I'm not a spanish speaker ymself but am interested in how it will be  
done. are you going to be marketing an entirely different reader for  
the language or will it all be donw in downloadable software?

Best

-James-
On 18 Nov 2007, at 02:57, Livio Novi Rodríguez wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Now I understand what is going on.  This is  
> good
> because , like you said, you will give us the reader we want.  While  
> that
> happens, hopefully my bodgect increases.
>
> Thank you very much as always, and Congratulations!, I saw and heard  
> you on
> the press section of the knfb reader site, on the report for Channel  
> 8 (I
> believe it was).
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Livio Novi.
>
> ----- 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: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Languages for the KNFB Reader.
>
>
> Hi Livio:
>
> As I have told you on the phone, we are committed to having a Reader  
> for
> Spanish that you will really like.  We are not having any particular
> technical difficulties with the translation itself at this point,  
> and we are
> not dragging our feet either.  We want to have a Reader for Spanish  
> as soon
> as we can, but we want it to be a Reader that lives up to our quality
> standards.  At this point we are working on the underlying  
> technology to be
> certain the Reader we have available will be a Reader that does what  
> you
> want.
>
> Thanks, J. G.
> *************
> James Gashel
> Vice President of Business Development
> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
> telephone (443) 854-0854
> toll free (866) 836-9988
> fax (781) 263-9999
> jim at knfbreader.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Livio Novi  
> Rodríguez
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:29 PM
> To: reader-users at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Reader-users] Languages for the KNFB Reader.
>
> Hi,
>
> Can someone please tell me approximately when will the reader be  
> able to
> read Spanish, as well as other languages besides English?  Please do  
> not
> take this personally, but why is it taking so long (please talk  
> about the
> technical difficulties you are having, i am just being curious)?
>
> Has any KNFB Reader user ever tried to read other language rather than
> English, and then transferred the text to either a computer or a  
> note taker
> with the capability of reading other languages?  What has being the  
> result,
> especially with such as accented characters or ñ?
>
> Please answer this the sooner you can because this feedback is very
> important to me.
>
> Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you very soon.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Livio Novi.
>
>
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