[Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation oftheBlind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product

[J.J. Meddaugh]

To be fair, they aren't exactly fossils.
Used KNFB readers are still going for quite a bit of money, so that may be a 
route to consider if the new offering appeals to you more.


J.J.
www.BlindBargains.com
Deals, news, and resources for the blind and visually impaired
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alco Canfield" <amcanfield at comcast.net>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation 
oftheBlind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product


> I'm delighted they have a new product.  But I sincerely hope that I can
> upgrade my old one.  Mr. Gashel, can you tell us what is going on?  Are we
> stuck with a fossil we cannot trade in or upgrade?
>
> Alco Canfield
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Jolley
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:30 PM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of
> theBlind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product
>
> Hi,
>
> This is all well and good but what will happen to those of us who have had
> our readers for less than a year? Are we stuck with what we have or is 
> this
> product designed to do something different?
>
> I hope this is the case because this stuff is expensive enough for us to 
> not
> have to upgrade it every five minutes <grin>
>
> Best
>
> -James-
>
> On 25 Jan 2008, at 20:03, David Andrews wrote:
>
>>
>>> Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind to Announce
>>> Groundbreaking New Product
>>>
>>> Hundreds of Blind People to Attend Historic Demonstration
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Date:              January 28, 2008
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Time:              10:00 a.m.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Place:            Columbia Room
>>>
>>>                        Holiday Inn Capitol
>>>
>>>                        550 C Street, SW
>>>
>>>                        Washington, DC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All NFB members attending the Washington Seminar are encouraged to
>>> attend this event.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ###
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> About the National Federation of the Blind
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind
>>> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
>>> people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives
>>> through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs
>>> encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading
>>> force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
>>> blind.  In January
>>> 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan
>>> Institute, the first research and training center in the United
>>> States for the blind led by the blind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> About K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. is a joint venture between Kurzweil
>>> Technologies, headed by CEO Ray Kurzweil, a thirty-year innovator and
>>> pioneer in assistive technologies and the inventor of the first
>>> print-to-speech reading machine for the blind; and the National
>>> Federation of the Blind, the largest, most influential membership
>>> organization of blind people in the United States.  The company's
>>> latest products, the Mobile Reader Product Line, which includes the
>>> knfbREADER Mobile, designed for blind and low vision individuals, and
>>> the kREADER Mobile, designed for use by sighted individuals with
>>> reading difficulties, is being launched in January of 2008.  The
>>> products are distributed in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and the
>>> Pacific Rim.
>>> For more information, please visit http://www.knfbreader.com
>>> <http://www.knfbreader.com/> .
>>>
>>>
>>
>> David Andrews and white cane Harry.
>>
>>
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