[Reader-users] Are there any updates due for the standard reader?

[James Jolley]

Yes, but what about those of us who have bought our readers with our  
own cash and not had the thing a year? I've already had to return mine  
because the camera died on it. What happens if that occurs again?

Sorry, but I am getting rather sick of this idea that blind people  
have to jump all the time. I suspect also that there will be little  
point in me sticking around on this list if the current unit is  
entirely changed to a mobile device. Personally, I wouldn't buy a  
mobile just for a reader, a standalone device like it is now was  
perfectly fine.

Best

-James-
On 31 Jan 2008, at 18:52, Loren Wakefield wrote:

> It's the way it is unfortunately.  It use to be that a one gig  
> harddrive
> cost over $2000  and now I am setting at a computer that cost less  
> than that
> and has 160 times as much room.  The thing with that is it is almost  
> three
> years old and is pretty much out-of-date.  But for now, it does what  
> I need
> it to do, and that counts for a lot.  My reader may be out-of-date,  
> but it
> will still do most of what I want it to do.  And boy, would I have  
> given
> alot to have something like it in college.  I will still use it, but  
> I still
> will hate the idea that it is out-of-date just as much.
> Loren Wakefield
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Are there any updates due for the standard
> reader?
>
>
>> This is what I get for being an "early adapter", I guess.  I paid a  
>> lot,
>> and I get to pay more, if I want to stay up-to-date.  I paid nearly  
>> $3000
>> for something that's already out of date.  It brings me down, way  
>> down.
>> Tracy
>>
>>> part of the problem beyond that the reader software has pretty much
>>> maxed out the hardware, is 1 Fujitsu has completely stopped making
>>> pocket pcs. 2 pocket pcs don't have usb host which is what is  
>>> needed to
>>> use an external camera. The mobile market basically goes through a
>>> generation every 18 months. The industry is all going towards
>>> convergence which means everything all in one device. I think in  
>>> the end
>>> moving to the cellphone platform will clearly be for the better.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>>> Are you saying that, if we want to continue to get improvements in
>>>> scanning accuracy, we have to change to the cell phone model?
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi James:
>>>>>
>>>>> We haven't reached any conclusions about future upgrades for the  
>>>>> KNFB
>>>>> Reader
>>>>> Classic.  The problem we have been facing is that there is only  
>>>>> so much
>>>>> more
>>>>> we actually can do with that hardware.  We are probably pretty  
>>>>> much
>>>>> maxed
>>>>> out.  That doesn't mean we won't have an upgrade, but I just  
>>>>> can't say
>>>>> for
>>>>> sure or when.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:49 AM
>>>>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>>>>> Subject: [Reader-users] Are there any updates due for the standard
>>>>> reader?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I know we're all going mad over this new mobile reader thing but  
>>>>> are
>>>>> we going to see any updates for the standard units? Anything been
>>>>> demoed or what?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>> -James-
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