[access-uk] Re: Sight Village
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:28:38 +0100
Hi Jackie,
But will K Reader read round corners, like cylinders, bottles, etc? I am
genuinely interested, since all I have read about it says that it is
designed to read text from paper rather than objects.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: Sunday 20 July 2008 21:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sight Village
Hi Steve
What you do with K-Reader is scan the page again. I go by the degrees
relative to the page when I scan. The lower the number, usually the better
I've done in taking a picture. You can use the View Report Field, but
personally I just shoot and shoot again if necessary. I think it's
absolutely fab to be able to have something so portable in my pocket. TALKS
on the phone, reading software, GPS, MP3 player with full track access?
Blimey it's awesome!! Never having seen the SiRecogniser, I wouldn't doubt
you for a single minute, but it has a lot of clobber to it that is
cumbersome at the moment. As you say, "at the moment".
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:58 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sight Village
> Hi Orhan,
>
> Basically, to be fair, the main difference is that you have far more
> control
> of the camera with SiRecognizer. For example, if you are scanning a tin
> and
> you don't get good results, you can invert the video, you can tell
> Recognizer that you are scanning something cylindrical, and there are all
> kinds of pre-filters you can try to get better results. K-Reader is a
> kind
> of snap it and see solution. It works well, but if you don't get a good
> scan, you don't have much control to improve on it.
>
> I am sure Jackie will correct me about that if I am wrong, but there are
> nine pre-filter steps you can go through with Recognizer to improve the
> results, and it has three built-in scanning engines, which is why it is
> not
> on a phone yet. Too much grunt on the processor would be required.
> Recognizer is undoubtedly the best reading solution for objects out there,
> but it is certainly not as portable.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> orhan deniz
> Sent: Saturday 19 July 2008 10:15
> To: Steve Nutt
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sight Village
>
> Hi Steve,
> What is the difference of this thing compared to the KNFB reader?
>
> Best regards,
> Orhan.
> --
> Orhan Deniz.
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> orhan1793@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Friday, 18 July 2008 8:16:24 PM, Steve Nutt Wrote:
>> Hi Jackie,
>
>>
>
>> Course, you didn?t see the most interesting product, SiRecognizer
>> <Smile>.
>> It?s like K Reader, but it works <Smile>.
>
>>
>
>> All the best
>
>>
>
>> Steve
>
>>
>
>> _____
>
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> Jackie Cairns
>> Sent: Friday 18 July 2008 07:44
>> To: Access UK Mailing List
>> Subject: [access-uk] Sight Village
>
>>
>
>> Hi All
>
>>
>
>> Can I just thank all those who came to say hello at Sight Village this
> week.
>> It was lovely to put voices to some very familiar names on the list.
>
>>
>
>> I didn't get much of a chance to wander around because of strutting my
> stuff
>> on the Sight and Sound stand, but I did have enough time to pop over to
> the
>> Cobolt stand, and look at their new ITell gadget. For anyone who doesn't
>> know about this, it is a small device that plugs into the bottom of an
> Ipod
>> that enables us mortals with little or no sight to use the Ipod with
> speech.
>> I thought this was a really interesting gadget. It doesn't work on
>> either
>> the Shuffle or Itouch, but all the other models seem to support it. The
>> only thing that concerns me, however, is how one would transfer material
>> from their PC to the Ipod if Itunes software isn't accessible. Perhaps
> some
>> who do this already would like to elaborate as it might potentially be a
>> stumbling block.
>
>>
>
>> The ITell retails at £59.95 I believe, but I thought it was the most
>> interesting gadget other than the K-Reader phone, of course! (smile).
>
>>
>
>> Anyone else see anything interesting and "different" this year?
>
>>
>
>> Jackie
>
>
>> Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
>> Skype Name: Cairnsplace
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