[access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone

  • From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:47:39 -0000

No Ron, my six-week milestone is better. It's positive, upbeat and got a lot more life (big smile). And by the time Thursday comes, it'll have nice waxed legs and a smart hair-do to go with it. What more could you want from a six-week milestone? (Having a good chuckle). 


Jackie
----- Original Message ----- From: "ron sears" <r.sears1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:43 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone
Jackie, is the six week milestone an upgrade to the one sold by RNIB? smile 

Cheers

Ron
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Baisez" <baisez.marie@xxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:38 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone


how nice to have a bit of banter on this list! cheers up a dreary winter
day! Thanks all...
Marie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:58 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone



Well Dave mate, if your suggestion of human description on the K-NFB
camera could work right now, it would say: "That Jackie has got a horrible 
pair of knee-length white support socks on under her jeans.  On the heel
of her socks J Cairns is written in black marker.  What a bloody sight."
Ah! but she's got one more day and then those socks can be discarded
forever and ever because, the six-week milestone will have been reached.
Might advertise them on Ebay (lol).

Yes, your idea leaves a lot to the imagination matey (smiles).  Now go
have a cold shower and cool down!!!!

Jackie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ankers, Dave (UK)" <Dave.Ankers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:48 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone



Jackie,

A Devil ey, well sticks and stones may brake my bones, but whips and
chains excite me lol.

Dave

Hmmm.  Dave you're a devil (smile).  I could think of one or two
recipients for your suggestion (lol).

Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ankers, Dave (UK)" <Dave.Ankers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:03 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone



Jackie,

Glad you found it funny, the interesting bit would be entering the
criteria into the phone so it can decide whether or not you find the
person attractive or not.
I've no doubt you have heard of Mr Honest, well there's Mr Purvy too!
he's also blind, and one of his ideas to enable him to detect when a
woman is interested in him, is to have manufactured, women's underwear
incorporating the device he uses to stop him overfilling his coffee

mug.

It buzzes and vibrates! So when he has the right effect, he gets an
audible cue, and she gets an even bigger smile lol

Dave

Well Dave I must admit you've given me a good laugh here over your
suggestion.  Who knows, perhaps one day something like that could be
invented.  The way technology is progressing, anything is possible.

But

just imagine getting on a train or bus, and your little companion
whispers in your ear: "Blimey.  Steer well clear.  Looks like the back
end of a bus."
or: "She's a stunner mate, fill your boots." (lol).

But being a bit more serious for a sec, I must admit this would be

very

useful if the price is sensible.

Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ankers, Dave (UK)" <Dave.Ankers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB reader on a Nokia cell phone




Now I like the sound of this!, only can it be programmed to recognise
attractive women and read their facial expressions, discreetly of

course

lol.  It's so damn annoying when work colleagues say "she's nice",

and

all I can say is, "was she".  I hate being in company and not knowing

if

someone is actually looking, and maybe smiling at me, and would love

to

chat, but because I cannot see their expression, I have no idea.  I'm
sure many others feel the same.
Just imagine a blind date club! lol all pointing mobile phones at

each

other! Smile when your phone says "She's nice".

Dave

I'm posting the following which I received from another list.    big
flash from the big R.
Begin forwarded text.
BALTIMORE (AP) - Chris Danielsen fidgets with the cell phone, holding

it

over a $20 bill.
"Detecting orientation, processing U.S. currency image," the phone

says

in a flat monotone before Danielsen snaps a photo. A few seconds

later,

the phone says, "Twenty dollars."
Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation of the Blind, is
holding the next generation of computerized aids for the blind and
visually impaired.
The Nokia cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on
photographed documents into speech. In addition to telling whether a
bill is worth $1, $5, $10 or $20, it also allows users to read

anything

that is photographed, whether it's a restaurant menu, a phone book or

a

fax.
While the technology is not new, the NFB and the software's developer
say the cell phone is the first to incorporate the text-to-speech
ability.
"We've had reading devices before," Danielsen said, noting similar
software is already available in a larger handheld reader housed in a
personal digital assistant. Companies such as Code Factory SL,

Dolphin

Computer Access Ltd. and Nuance Communications Inc. also provide
software that allows the blind to use cell phones and PDAs.
Inexpensive hand-held scanners such as WizCom Technologies Ltd.'s
SuperPen can scan limited amounts of text, read it aloud and even
translate from other languages.
However, the $2,100 NFB device combines all of those functions in one
smart phone, said James Gashel, vice president of business

development

for K-NFB Reading Technology Inc., which is marketing the phone as a
joint venture between the federation and software developer Ray
Kurzweil.
"It is the next step, but this is a huge leap," Gashel, who is blind,
said in a telephone interview. "I'm talking to you on the device I

also

use to read things. I can put it in my pocket and at the touch of a
button, in 20 seconds, be reading something I need to read in print."
Ray Kurzweil, who developed the first device that could convert text
into audio in the 1970s and the current NFB device, said portability

is

only the first step. Future versions of the device will recognize

faces,

identify rooms and translate text from other languages for the blind

and

the sighted.
The inventor plans to begin marketing the cell phone in February

through

K-NFB Reading Technology. The software will cost $1,595 and the cell
phone is expected to cost about $500, Kurzweil said.
Dave Doermann, president of College Park-based Applied Media Analysis
said his company is working on similar software for smart phones that
could be used by the military for translation and by the visually
impaired.
"We don't anticipate ours being that expensive, but unfortunately

we're

not quite to the release yet," said Doermann, who is also co-director

of

the University of Maryland's Laboratory for Language and Media
Processing.
Doermann said the company, which has received funding from the
Department of Defense and the National Eye Institute, hopes to have

its

software ready in the next 12 to 18 months.
Kurzweil's device uses speech software provided by Nuance, said Chris
Strammiello, the director of product management at Nuance, who said

the

company has also developed a prototype reader that uses the Internet

to

access more powerful server-side computers.
"As you can harness the power of remote environments and do that so
quickly with the Web technologies, it gives a lot more capability,
flexibility and options to the way you solve these type of problems,"
Strammiello said.
There are about 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the
U.S., a number that is expected to double in the next 30 years as

baby

boomers age.
Kurzweil said those with vision problems are not the only ones

expected

to benefit from the technology. Dyslexics, for example, are expected

to

be among the users of the current device because of its ability to
highlight each word as it's read aloud, helping them cope with their
disability, which affects the ability to read. The highlighting

function

can also help them improve their reading skills, he said.
"What's new here is both blind people and kids can do this with a

device

that fits in their shirt pocket," Kurzweil said.
Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind, said

the

device and its PDA predecessor are a "form of hand-held vision" that
will make the visual environment "much more readily available to the
blind."

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