[Reader-users] nifty new phone

[David]

What about reading boks.  How are you supposed !hold a paperback 
book open while taking a picture?
Regards,


David Bouchard


Executive Grand Communicator


Watonala Lodge, Order of the Arrow

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com
>To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user 
list"<reader-users at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:07:28 -0500
>Subject: [Reader-users] nifty new phone

>Hi all --
>Yesterday I just got my mobile reader, which I have decided to 
use as my
>phone as well, to minimize the clutter I carry around with me.
>I actually bit the bullet and bought wayfinder access + talks 
along with the
>reader, but didn't know before I got it that use of wayfinder 
also requires
>activating internet on the phone and subscribing for that service 
-- an
>additional $24.99 per month on at&t wireless.  That took me by 
surprise, but
>I decided to try it a month when we go traveling this summer and 
for once be
>aware of where I am, and even be a navigator...
>(I don't have any experience with gps systems, except that my 
mother got one
>for her car last year, which malfunctioned and said we had 
arrived at our
>location when we were in the middle of nowhere and had no idea 
where we
>were...lol -- think it was a satellite dead zone...)

>Anyway, as for a preliminary report on the mobile reader, I 
absolutely love
>it.  The first thing I snapped a picture of was a letter printed 
on my
>printer, which it read flawlessly, despite being held awkwardly 
in front the
>phone.  It also has been reading labels around the house with 
little
>problem.
>Once however, it did get into an infinite loop and never stopped 
processing.
>I had to cancel and retake the picture.

>The response time on this phone is exceptionally good (except for 
that
>infinite loop).  It has something like 2gb memory.  The keys on 
the phone
>are also raised bars so it is much easier to feel the keypad than 
on my old
>phone, an N73.
>Processing time for pictures in the reader is a little faster 
than the
>classic unit.

>If anyone has not yet decided whether to trade in the classic 
reader for the
>mobile reader, consider this a glowing recommendation of the N82 
and the
>current software.

>Happy reading all!
>--le

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