[Reader-users] The upgrade

[Jan Bailey]

No, you can't do it through the Independence Market, and I think you can go 
to whoever you want for a vendor, especially if you aren't that impressed 
with the one in your state.  My unit came from  HandiTech  and I got very 
good service.

Jan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicki Keck" <favorite.blend at verizon.net>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:46 PM
Subject: [Reader-users] The upgrade


>I think, if I can get the money together, I might be looking at the 
>upgrade.
> Here are my two questions.  Number one, am I correct in the information 
> that
> I have in that the upgrade price is available until the end of July?  Now,
> here is my other question.  Can I get the update and do the trade-in
> directly from the NFB independence market like I did to purchase the 
> reader
> or the stand, or do I have to go through Envision Technology, which is the
> only dealer listed for Pennsylvania?  They may be perfectly good, but I 
> just
> wasn't totally impressed with them when I did talk to them in the very
> beginning, so this is why I would like to know this.  Also, do I have any
> other options, like could I go through HandiTech or someone?  I was pretty
> impressed with the presentation done by them and would have no qualms 
> about
> doing that if it was an option, but from some messages I've seen, I have a
> feeling it may not be.
>
> What clinched it for me and why I am really considering the upgrade is my
> reader got unplugged again accidentally, and I didn't notice it, and here 
> we
> go again, it needs to be recalibrated.  Don't worry, I won't trade in a
> reader that needs to be recalibrated, as we are taking my parents out to
> dinner tomorrow night, and my mom is going to do it for me.  She has a PDA
> so it will be no problem for her to do it in 5 seconds.  Merv just can't 
> see
> well enough to do it, since he has only partial vision, so I would like to
> not have to worry about this kind of thing, plus the camera and battery 
> can
> be a pain to deal with, so thus I am considering the upgrade.  I love my
> SmartPhone, though, and since you can't browse the Web yet with that phone
> and Mobilespeak and I am not shelling out even more money for Talks, I am
> just going to use it as the reader, not as a cell phone.  I may change my
> mind in the future when I am eligible for an upgrade and may just decide 
> to
> switch to it, but for now, that's what I'm thinking.
>
> Have a blessed day,
>
> Nicki
>
> We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in
> despair;
> persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
> 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Charlie Richardson
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:09 PM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>
> Not a big deal, but since Nuance took over Talks, they spell it like it
> sounds, not with the X.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Smith" <karl at axistech.net>
> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>
>
>> Actually TALX has nothing to do with the phone carrier you use.  It just
>> will run on your Symbian phone.  The phone plan you buy is entirely up to
>> you.  As for buying the TALX software at convention you can do that if 
>> you
>> want.  You can install a demo copy on your phone before convention if you
>> like and then get an activation code either there or later.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________
>>
>> Karl Smith
>> Access Technology Specialist
>> Axis
>> 4304 South El Camino St.
>> Taylorsville, Utah 84119
>>
>> Phone:  866-824-7885
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>> E-mail: karl at axistech.net
>>
>> Life is one dumb thing after another....Love is two dumb things after 
>> each
>> other.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry
>> (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:53 PM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>>
>> Karl;
>> What companies will take talx and can you tell me about some of the
>> cheapest plans.  I was really thinking of a phone with a card that you
>> can buy time.  What do you think.  I was looking into Dalphin Products
>> when this came out!
>> Thanks for any help or advice.
>> Also, to have everything activated at convention, do I have to buy Talx
>> befor convention or can I hear a demo and buy it at National.
>>
>> Terry Powers
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karl Smith [mailto:karl at axistech.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:26 PM
>> To: 'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>>
>> You can run either Mobile Speak or TALX on the N82.  I sell both
>> products and have both installed on my N82.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________
>>
>> Karl Smith
>> Access Technology Specialist
>> Axis
>> 4304 South El Camino St.
>> Taylorsville, Utah 84119
>>
>> Phone:  866-824-7885
>> Fax:    866-824-7885
>> E-mail: karl at axistech.net
>>
>> Life is one dumb thing after another....Love is two dumb things after
>> each other.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Davis
>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 7:39 PM
>> To: 'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>>
>> I have heard from so many blind people that they do not like Mobile
>> Speak and believe that Talks is far superior.
>>
>> Can one get Talks on the phone that uses the new reader?
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of RandyZ. Pierce
>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:37 PM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>>
>> Hello Jonathan and others,
>>
>> This tidbit caught my ear:
>> ?>Note that web surfing is only possible with talks at this time, not
>> with Mobile Speak.
>>
>> That's a pretty big note that I hadn't caught in reviwing things
>> previously.
>> I'm right on the cusp of purchasing my reader and should do that this
>> week.
>> As such I'm concerned that I hadn't caught that tidbit.  I'm definitely
>> putting a reader on it and had elected Mobile speak but now have some
>> reservations.
>>
>> I did join your list moments ago for blind symbian users but thought
>> this list an appropriate one to understand what other key difference may
>> exist between talks or Mobile Speak for this particular phone/product?
>>
>> Is the web access close?
>>
>> Are either thinking about adding the coding to allow reading of the new
>> NLS formats which would truly make this device an all in one for the
>> blind user?
>>
>> Thanks for any and all opinions or information - particularly on the
>> screen reader variances and shortcomings on this phone/product.
>>
>> Randy
>> & the Mighty Quinn
>>
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