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

Tue Jan 29 14:43:10 CST 2008

Hi Livio:

We are expecting that our new Mobile Reader will have the capability to read
Spanish.  That is not provided in the first release, but we are getting much
much closer.  The Reader we are now calling the K-NFB Reader classic will
not be the Reader that reads Spanish.  

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: Livio Novi Rodríguez [mailto:livionovi at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:03 PM
To: Reader-users at nfbnet.org
Cc: James Gashel
Subject: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation ofthe Blind
to Announce Groundbreaking New Product

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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