[Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?

[Jacob Kruger]

Not complaining about having the B model, and I still bought the reader for 
a reason, and am glad I have it FWIW.

Like I said, am just glad that I don't need sighted assistance to get mine 
going again if something goes wrong.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?


> The "B" model wasn't marketed as an advance over the "A" model; it just
> so happened that a different machine was available by that time; the
> software and scanning accuracy are the same in both.
>
> Mike
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Jacob Kruger
>  To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>  Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:53 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?
>
>
>  Oh yes, I've now basically had mine for around a year and a half, and
> I'm
>  pretty sure there were other guys getting the A model after I got
> mine, so,
>  I suppose, that while maybe those were just ones that were stocked up
> before
>  the change, it just seems weird that the A model was still being
> supplied
>  after the B one was available, and, also, FWIW, my unit has in fact
> needed
>  to be reset around 4 times even though the battery didn't really run
> flat -
>  it just hung up for whatever reason while being used, so this isn't
> really
>  something you have control over/can avoid.
>
>  Stay well
>
>  Jacob Kruger
>  Blind Biker
>  Skype: BlindZA
>  '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk at cknet.co.za>
>  To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
>  <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:37 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Reader-users] help re-calibrating reader?
>
>
>  > Along the lines of this, why didn't they make more of the B-model
> (which
>  > happens to be the one I have), and which does in fact have a reset
> button
>  > on
>  > the left-hand bottom edge, and which doesn't as such need to be
>  > recalibrated
>  > since if it stops working/runs completely flat (then after charging
> it),
>  > you
>  > merely push that reset button, and after the reset/restart, it works
> fine
>  > again?
>  >
>  > I hadn't realised that there was even another model when I bought
> mine, so
>  > I
>  > suppose I was just lucky (especially since I literally know of one
> other
>  > reader in my country so far), so it would be almost impossible to
> find
>  > someone with any experience recalibrating them this side, but
> anyway...
>  >
>  > Stay well
>  >
>  > Jacob Kruger
>  > Blind Biker
>  > Skype: BlindZA
>  > '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>  >
>  > ----- 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 10:11 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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