[Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the NationalFederation ofthe Blind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product
Kevin Jones
kevin at kevinrj.net
Tue Jan 29 21:01:55 CST 2008
A spokes-person stated there is a 5% difference in the accuracy of the 2
readers. The nokia n82 uses a Carl Zeiss lens which has a wider
aperature than the canon sd20 which was the camera used in the classic
reader.
The ocr seems to take 20 seconds on the n82 as apposed to 30 on the
classic reader.
the megapixel rating is the same on both.
David wrote:
> I don't understand. What's the new innovation about the Mobile
> Reader? All I see is the reader software on a cell phone, and of
> course, the scanned text in large print on the screne. What
> about the scanning accuracy and so forth?
> Regards,
>
>
> David Bouchard
>
>
> Executive Grand Communicator
>
>
> Watonala Lodge, Order of the Arrow
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Gashel" <jim at knfbreader.com
>> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user
> list'"<reader-users at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:43:10 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the
> NationalFederation ofthe Blind to Announce Groundbreaking
> New Product
>
>> Hi Alco:
>
>> I absolutely agree with what you say. The Reader you have is not
> being
>> thrown overboard for the Mobile Reader we will announce. Of that
> much you
>> can be certain.
>
>> 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 Alco
> Canfield
>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 9:14 PM
>> To: 'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the National
> Federation ofthe
>> Blind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product
>
>> I am so glad to hear this, Mr. Gashel. I was hoping we wouldn't
> be left in
>> the dust with a fossil. I use my reader and very much appreciate
> it. It
>> will depend on what new features the Mobile has that I might
> need. If I
>> don't need them, then it makes perfect sense to stick with what I
> have.
>
>> Thanks for letting us know that.
>
>> Alco
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James
> Gashel
>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 6:28 PM
>> To: 'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'
>> 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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