[Reader-users] nifty new phone

[Charlie Richardson]

Nokia has a text to speech engine on the N-82.  How good is it?  Can't say, 
usually those free ones aren't much to talk about.  But even using Talks the 
Nokia TTS does the caller ID.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] nifty new phone


> 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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