[Reader-users] books

Livio Novi Rodríguez livionovi at gmail.com
Sat May 17 21:12:25 CDT 2008 

Hello Jim:

Thanks for your reply and your good wishes.  my question is solved.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,



livio Novi.----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] books


Hello Livio,

Yes, I agree with your summary of my reply.

Take Good Care Sir,

Jim

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 08:19:12PM -0500, Livio Novi Rodríguez wrote:
> Hello Jim and David:
>
> Thank you very much for your kind answers.  In other words, You explained 
> me
> that although the KNFB Mobile is not designed to read books, you can read
> them.
>
> On the other hand, I especially agree when you told me that when taking a
> picture, the arm rests in an unconfortable possition.  I say this, because
> let me tell you that I was born with hydrocephalus, which besides my 
> visual
> impairment, caused some muscular spasticity, and because of that, my arm
> might be more tired than the one of the average people after using the
> reader continuously for a long time.  Don't you think so?
>
> So I might purchase the KNFB mobile and use it for reading mail, brochures
> and maybe sometimes books, when My scanner and computer are far from me.
> What I like of the KNFB Mobile, even though I've never had or used one, is
> its portability
>
> Do you guys agree with me, or do you have a different suggestion?  Please
> tel me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Livio Novi.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Barbour" <jbar at barcore.com>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] books
>
>
> Hello Livio,
>
> I'm not David, but I will happily give my opinion anyway.
>
> The KNFB reader mobile is not designed well for books.  it *can* do
> books, but it will not be anywhere near as smooth an experience as
> using a computer based solution like the K1000.
>
> The two main reasons are that it takes a while to scan and read a
> page, and that its very hard to navigate.
>
> By navigate, I mean moving from place to place within the book,
> searching for what you want to read, organizing chapters, finding a
> particular page, etc.
>
> David's other point is that you have to hold your arm at an
> uncomfortable angle to take a picture of a page.  Doing that several
> hundred times to read an entire book will be very difficult.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:18:16AM -0500, Livio Novi Rodríguez wrote:
> > Dear David:
> >
> > I saw your last message and probably misunderstood your words.  So, Are
> > you
> > saying that the KNFB is not good for books?  Please give me a better
> > explanation, because I am about to purchase my kNFB Reader Mobile (I 
> > read
> > a
> > lot of books) , when the software is able to read Spanish.  Note that
> > although I speek and read English, I live and work in Mexico City, so
> > Spanish is my main language.
> >
> > Please, I wait for your reply the sooner you can, because I have heard
> > great
> > things about the reader.  I can't wait to have mine!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Livio Novi.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
> > To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> > <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Reader-users] books
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I don't believe that trying to take allot of pictures , very fast, 
> > > will
> > > be
> > > very practical as using a flat bed scanner.
> > > Your arm is going to get very tired trying to hold that unit still, at
> > > the
> > > right distance, for the amount of time to get the job done.
> > > How are you going to turn the pages and everything and still keep from
> > > moving the KNFB reader.
> > > You would need some kind of stand for it.
> > >
> > > David Evans, NFBF
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "will lomas" <lomaswilliam at googlemail.com>
> > > To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> > > <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Reader-users] books
> > >
> > >
> > >> it would but as has been states the processing power in the phone is
> > >> not as fast as say the older classics. but if we suggest these
> > >> features, and user input is taken into account via the company then 
> > >> we
> > >> may see results
> > >>
> > >> On 16 May 2008, at 05:02, Kevin Jones wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I'm still hoping they eventually include a batch shoot and a batch
> > >>> process mode. this would make scanning books more convenient.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Dean Wilcox wrote:
> > >>>> I've never tried to read a whole book with it but on the pages I've
> > >>>> read it gives good results, also noticing that there are two pages
> > >>>> and reading it properly.  If you wanted it to go all the way from
> > >>>> left to right, top to bottom you can use bills and memos mode
> > >>>> instead.  I know you didn't ask that but thought it'd be good to
> > >>>> know.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> At 20:15 13/05/2008, you wrote:
> > >>>>> if it can scan menus i would suggest text books won't be hard.
> > >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>> From: "will lomas" <lomaswilliam at googlemail.com>
> > >>>>> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
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> > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 3:24 PM
> > >>>>> Subject: [Reader-users] books
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> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> hi does the reader scan textbooks reasonably well?
> > >>>>>> thanks, will
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