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

Kevin Jones kevin at kevinrj.net
Thu Jan 31 14:03:49 CST 2008 

the cool thing about the new reader software is if licensing is done 
right you could just buy a new phone in the future and move the software 
to it. If you insure the phone with your cell plan and the phone broke 
or was stolen etc., it wouldn't even cost that much to get the same or a 
new phone in replacement.

Also, although the current reader is portable it's not mobile I can't 
just carry it on my belt easily like the new one. you would not need a 
backpack or brief case anymore to carry the reader with you. also, we 
can make the new reader do more than just read like easily it could be a 
barcode reader or a color identifier a light sensor it will work with 
the wayfinder gps program which is very accessible. just because 
something does more than one thing does not mean that the quality of 
each function is reduced. James has already said there is a 5% 
difference in the quality between the reader classic and mobile, so we 
haven't lost any quality there.

James Jolley wrote:
> 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 years old and is pretty much out-of-date.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  My reader may be out-of-date,  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 will hate the idea that it is out-of-date just as much.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
>>
>> "The best way to predict your Future is to create it." Dr. Forress C.
>> Shaklee
>>
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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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