Perhaps so but don't forget that the KNF reader has been adapted from the K1000 program which of course is around 700 quid or so give or take.
Steve----- Original Message ----- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:11 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader
Hi Terry.I'm afraid I can't agree with that entirely. OK, for blind people most things are expensive, but look at talks, way finder access and Mobile Speaks. They aren't prohibitively expensive yet we can't do without them on our phones. KNFB reader has to be the most expensive symbian application I've ever come across commercially or otherwise and it only works on a very small number of phones giving the blind user hardly any choice as to their regular tool for communication.----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Clasper" <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB readerYes Peter but thats the case with many things regretably!----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:51 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB readerPity more of us can't aford it.----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader Hi Barry Wearing my user hat, I think it's a great piece of kit. There are many occasions where I just can't be bothered to turn on the PC, or I've just turned it off and discover I need to scan something. The phone is great for that, and you can wear headphones for private listening. Like most things, there is a knack to using it, and once you grasp the concept of holding the phone above your document so that it takes a good picture of the text, then it really is very good. For what it's worth, I bought the original K-NFB Reader Classic long before I worked here, and was always interested in the phone version when it came out just before I started working for Sight and Sound, so I'm not advertising, merely giving you an honest user perspective as I see it. Honestly, it's one of my very favourite things. Jackie Cairns Braille Support Adviser Email: Jackie.Cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Telephone: 01604 798024 Fax: 01604 798090 Web: www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Hill Sent: 03 February 2009 11:52 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] How good is the KNFB reader Hi all Although I do get quite a lot of information by email before meetings that I attend, there are the inevitable last minute documents that are handed out. I've read up on the KNFB Reader, but the blurb is by the makers and distributors, those with a vested interest. So, I was wondering what anyone who is actually using it thinks of it's performance. Does it read documents accurately? Is it quick and easy to use? Is it intrusive? 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