[Reader-users] Hullo

[Cindy Handel]

Hello Jacob.

I hope you're enjoying your KNFB Reader.

To answer your question...the READER is a reader and will not play MP3 
files.  That's all it does, and I must say it does it very well.  It's not 
intended to be anything but a reader.  Yes, it is a PDA, but the PDA 
resources are used to convert the images and read the text.

It seems like, ever since the Reader came out, people have been trying to 
get it to do other things, for which there are already other devices.  It 
was developed as a Reader, marketed as a Reader, and that's what it does!

Cindy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk at cknet.co.za>
To: "Reader-Users" <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 6:25 AM
Subject: [Reader-users] Hullo


Hi there.

Although I did in fact get my KNFB Reader around July/August last year in
London, UK, for whatever reason, I only got around to looking into a mailing
list for 'users' around now, but anyway...

FWIW, I live in South Africa, and I don't think there are many other guys
this side with the KNFB Reader, but that's not really relevant unless you
try something like getting it to read one of our other languages (I think we
literally have something like around 7 official languages).

Anyway, I do keep an 'eye' on the website, so I have already carried out the
software upgrade to 3.8.1, and it is definitely somewhat better than it was
in the beginning, especially with regard to now being able to read
alternative colour schemes, like average menus etc. - just still wish it
could read handwriting, but I know that's almost impossible.

Now, my first question...

Is there any way to get it to play MP3 files? Do they simply need to be
converted into some other format?  Do I just need to put them in some
specific place on that memory card? Do I need to rename them into something
specific?  Do they need to be converted into a specific range of quality
rates (kbps)?

I just think that it would be something nice to be able to use the PDA for
since it could actually read you the relevant file name etc. where my normal
MP3 player just starts automatically playing the songs.

Anyway, I might just be being dilly asking something like this, but anyway -
the reason it popped up in my head recently is because a woman I was helping
to train on a PC had the BookCourier PDA, and she can play MP3s on it as
well as doing her own TTS stuff from text files etc.

Thanks in advance

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

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