[Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?

[Cindy Handel]

I really don't want to sound uncaring about this problem.  But, I really 
believe that the potential need to recalibrate the Reader (the first 
Readers) was a very minor issue.  It is mentioned in the manual and clear 
instructions are given about recalibrating.  It also does say that sighted 
assistance will be needed.  Also, if proper care is given to the Reader and 
it's kept plugged in, or used enough so you know when it needs to be 
charged, calibration shouldn't be necessary.  I've had my Reader for a year 
and eight months and have never had to have it recalibrated.

Cindy
----- 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: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?


Dave;
First of all, why didn't they tell us about this recalibration problem
when we bought the machine.  I am really shocked they would make a
machine for the blind that we can not recalibrate ourselves.  A reset
could have been created like in the Humanware devices, so we could
recalibrate the unit ourselves.  It took me for ever to find someone who
I could trust and match them up with someone to give them instructions
on the calibration procedure.  I now keep my unit plugged in when ever
not in use.

Terry Powers


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Wright [mailto:gymnastdave at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 1:58 PM
To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?

hey there,
My name is Dave Wright and I've been working with Jim Gashel for a while
now with trouble shooting the reader. My contact info is listed below. I
will be in Washington after 12, so please feel free to give me a call.


Regards,
Dave Wright
University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC
Email: dwrigh6 at uic.edu
Mobile: (832)518-0707
Please visit and Support:
http://www.blindscience.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at localnet.com>
To: "reader-users" <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 12:14 PM
Subject: [Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?


> Will there be anyone I can see Monday at Washington to help
re-calibrate
> my
> reader? My sighted wife will be there, too, and she could learn to do
it
> for
> me should the need arise again.
>
> In December I went on a trip where I would not need it, and I left it
> plugged in to maintain the charge, but it was accidentally touched and
the
> wire fell out. When I got home it was dead.
>
> I find this to be a major flaw in the reader. The cord from the
> transformer
> makes a very weak connection, and I frequently find it out.
Fortunately it
> is
> rarely out for more than one day when I go to use the reader, and
nothing
> was lost.
>
> Thanks, Ed Meskys
> Edmund R. Meskys
> NIEKAS Publications
> National Federation of the Blind of N.H.
> Moultonboro Lions Club
> edmeskys at localnet.com
> 322 Whittier Hwy
> Moultonboro NH 03254-3627
> my credo:
> Clinton lied, nothing happened
> Bush lied, thousands died
> and over 3,000 permanently brain injured
>
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