[icon-discuss] Re: Feature request
- From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:26:58 -0400
I'd rather use a small scanner thank you!
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From: "David Tanner" <David.Tanner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Feature request
Why a scanner? Why not a digital camera? That's what the K-NFB
Mobile Reader is using, and a lot of other ocr products either out
or near coming out that use speech are based on digital cameras
instead of scanners. And, it makes the whole scanning and
recognition process faster. And, I am sure a digital camera could
be linked up with the Icon through USB.
Just imagine having all that Icon already has and OCR too.
David Tanner
Rehabilitation Program Specialist 3
Assistive Technology Specialist
Assistive Technology Department
MN State Services f/t Blind
Office- 651-642-0795 Cell- 651-270-2233
Skype name: dtat100
>>> poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx 4/18/2008 6:23 PM >>>
actually, I saw a discussion today where ocr does take place in
linux.
Hooking up the scanner might be non trivial though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Henrichsen" <paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:17 PM
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Feature request
That's true, David. Since we don't have PowerPoint or excel and no
OCR,
you'd probably need to carry a laptop if you needed to use those
apps for a
presentation.
We'd also need a PowerPoint and excel viewer along with those
printer
drivers so we could bring the presentations on the icon and print
them out
if necessary.
It would be neat to have a scanner, but I don't think many of those
have
Linux drivers.
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David
Tanner
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:02 AM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; pyyhkala@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Feature request
It depends on what you need to do on the trip. Remember, it
doesn't have
PowerPoint or Excell. So, if you have a need for spreadsheet or
presentation manager then you would still need a laptop. And, of
course,
there is no OCR of any kind.
David Tanner
Rehabilitation Program Specialist 3
Assistive Technology Specialist
Assistive Technology Department
MN State Services f/t Blind
Office- 651-642-0795 Cell- 651-270-2233
Skype name: dtat100
>>> pyyhkala@xxxxxxxxx 4/18/2008 12:09 PM >>>
Hi,
We recently had a demonstration of the Icon in Boston at the VIBUG
user
group:
http://www.vibug.org
materials for last meeting here:
http://drop.io/vibug12apr2008
and printing was also a requested feature that several people
brought
up in the group discussion.
It would also be handy if the Icon had the ability to send faxes
over
the internet as part of the print drivers. This would be handy,
for
example, to fax ones boarding pass to a hotel using on-line check
in.
The question really would be for me does the Icon have enough
capabilities, or will I still need to bring my laptop on short
trips?
If the icon had printing and faxing capabilities it would be all
that
much more ubiquitous avoiding the need to also carry a laptop in
addition to a PDA.
Best,
Mika
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On 4/18/08, Otis D Blue <otis.blue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Will it be possible to be able to print from the icon? If not
then I
think
> this would be a great feature to add so we can print wirelessly
through
the
> network from the icon.
>
>
> Otis D Blue
> MidWest-Merchandise
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