[Reader-users] nifty new phone

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Hi David;
You have said about everything I needed to hear.  I thought they had
said internet was only on Talx.  I think I am 95% positive!  I might
hold off on the cell phone part until I get my second mortgage payed
off.  I have not decided.  No one has said, can I use a card that I can
buy the time when necessary? 
Are there any very cheap programs that will take Talx or the other one.
I just thought of something.  My phone is A T and T.  Will this help if
I go with the other plan?
Thanks for any help anyone can give.

Terry Powers
 

-----Original Message-----
From: David [mailto:davidb521 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:36 PM
To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader userlist
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] nifty new phone

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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