[blindza] Re: Portable document and screen reader[?].
- From: "Carel Ewald" <cewald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:37:21 +0200
Hi Deon,
I called the textscout company and they have a English demo version
available. They said they will mail me a access key, but nothing so far. The
full English version is not out yet.
The cost of the KNFB is about R13-15K and the text scout you are looking at
800 Euro. Locally you have to pay Vat so that puts the software at R10-11k.
As the guy explained to me, you put the document down, take a picture, the
phone uses OCR to recognize the text and your phone reads it out to you.
Donno why it is so expensive if it is that simple.
Regards,
Carel Ewald
Redfoot Enterprises
Cell: +27 83 4634023
Fax: +27 86 610 0895
E-mail: cewald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Skype: carel.ewald77
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From: Boshoff, Deon (GP Health) [mailto:Deon.Boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:09 PM
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindza] Portable document and screen reader[?].
Hi,
Was wondering what a "KNFB reader" READER IS? I HAVE AN IDEA MORE OR LESS
WHAT IT CAN DO, BUT WAS WONDERING EXACTLY HOW WELL IT WORKS, AND HOW MUCH IT
COSTS?
Anyway, the TextScout sounds brilliant, and I'll be watching that web
address to catch a demo copy as soon as there is one in English. With phones
with 5 or more Mega Pixels, these days, it seems obvious that they can be
used to good effect by us.
As for reading on a computer screen, I see that most Windows OS use a light
background, with darker colour letters on it by default, and all "Sighties"
use it just like that, without customizing their screen appearance. People
with less sight, however, seem to like the way I set up my screens, as far
as possible black background with white letters, preferably larger, while
there are no icons of pictures to be clicked. Also, I find all those pop-ups
rather irritating, so I tend to remove them.
As Digital cameras have become so advanced, I am sure such a device would be
able to make sense of most screens, except, maybe, the "Blue screen of
death".
And it would be so nice to be able to quickly pull out my cell phone, and be
able to read a document on paper, right there and then!
Kind regards,
Deon
[G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]UDC[Potch]
WESKOPPIES HOSPITAL SWITCHBOARD
Tel: 0123199735
Mobile: 0829699571
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E-mail:
Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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