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

Sat Jan 26 20:03:16 CST 2008

Hi James and users:

I Wonder if the new KNFB movile Reader you all are talking about, will be 
the multilingual one, or if the A and B models you offer now will be the 
ones which will have the multilingual capavility , especially the ability to 
read Spanish.

Can someone (especially James Gashel) answer that?  I can't wait to see what 
the multilingual reader will offer us as users!  Some days ago I was 
thinking about hundreds of uses I would give my reader when I have it!  I am 
even thinking about studying German and or Italian.

Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you very soon.

Best regards,

Livio Novi.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Gashel" <jim at knfbreader.com>
To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation ofthe 
Blind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product

> Hi James:
>
> Concerning your existing reader, you can be absolutely certain that K-NFB
> Reading Technology remains fully committed to supporting your investment.
> The Reader you have continues to be an outstanding product, and we want to
> be certain that you will continue to get full value out of it.
>
> Concerning our new Mobile Reader Product line, we will have more to say
> about that on Monday, January 28.  However, Ray Kurzweil has said all 
> along
> that our policy will be to offer people who have the Kurzweil-National
> Federation of the Blind Reader a very favorable upgrade path.  I truly
> believe you will be pleased and impressed by the approach we will take on
> this.  However, there is no requirement whatsoever to upgrade.  The Reader
> you have performs very very well.  As long as it meets your needs, there
> will be no reason whatsoever to upgrade.  If you like the new features and
> functionality we can now offer with the Mobile Reader products, then you 
> may
> be among those who might want to follow the upgrade path.  In either case,
> you can be certain you will have a Reader we support.
>
> Thanks, J. G.
> *************
> James Gashel
> Vice President of Business Development
> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
> telephone (443) 854-0854
> toll free (866) 836-9988
> fax (781) 263-9999
> jim at knfbreader.com
>
> -----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 1:30 PM
> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of 
> the
> Blind 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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