[access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader

  • From: Dean Wilcox <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:28:08 +0000

I believe it would install on an N95 and possibley others but its the end result that may be the problem.


At 13:54 03/02/2009, you wrote:
Hi Eleanor,

No demo version exists, and note that if it did, it would not work on an N95 anyways. It would only run on the designated phones.

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-----Original Message-----
Sent by Eleanor Burke on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 at 01:44 PM

Good question, I would be interested in that also.

Eleanor
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From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader


> Is there a demo version that I could download for my N95 to test it out?
> Yusuf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:11 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader


>> Thanks to all who advised me on the KNFB Reader.

>> It does sound like a very useful piece of kit.  It was first suggested to
>> me
>> by an Access to Work advisor, so ATW would be paying for it.

>> Cheers

>> Barry


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Jackie Cairns
>> Sent: 03 February 2009 12:41 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader

>> It also works on the N95 guys.


>> 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
>> Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>> Sent: 03 February 2009 12:00
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: How good is the KNFB reader

>> Hi Barry.

>> I've never used this, but it will only work on two phones as I'm aware,
>> the
>> Nokia 6220 classic and the N82.  If you haven't either of these phones
>> then
>> forget it as you wont get best performance.  Its made by the same people
>> who
>> make Kurzweil, so its bloody expensive for what it does which is
>> essentially
>> scan in documents using your digital camera on the phone.  If you've a
>> laptop that you regularly take in to meetings with you IE to take notes,
>> you
>> might find it cheaper to buy yourself an external USB powered scanner and
>> use that instead with supporting software.



>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Barry Hill <mailto:bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:52 AM
>> 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?

>> Many thanks

>> Barry


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