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

James Jolley james.jolley at homecall.co.uk
Thu Jan 31 03:27:52 CST 2008 

That seems a good deal but I personally won't trade in just for a  
mobile that will be  out of date in five minutes.

On 31 Jan 2008, at 01:57, J.J. Meddaugh wrote:

> Hello. It's $500, your old reader, plus the cost of the phone.
> HTH
>
> J.J.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "denise avant" <dravant at ameritech.net>
> To: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the NationalFederation
> oftheBlind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product
>
>
>> hello,
>> has anyone seen any upgrade pricing?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Jones
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:02 PM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Ray Kurzweil and the NationalFederation  
>> ofthe
>> Blind to Announce Groundbreaking New Product
>>
>> 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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