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

  • From: James Scholes <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Eleanor Burke <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:54:02 +0000

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.

James Scholes
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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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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