[Reader-users] Hullo

[Jacob Kruger]

Fair enough.

Was just wondering.

FWIW, I suppose I could always get it to read poetry to me - LOL!

Either way, I bought it for a reason (independence), and you're right that 
it does indeed do that well!

Stay well

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Hullo


> 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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