[access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:27:29 -0000
Jackie, so how do we get a licence to ring your bell?
As for the Voda shop being impressed. What wouldthey reckon to the
price I swonder of the KNFB reader? That they're in the wrong
business?
Cheers,
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
Of Jackie Cairns
Subject: [access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
Paddy, I agree completely. I reckon personally that TALKS has to be
the
best bit of kit I've used in a long long time. I couldn't have half
the fun
I do with my circle of friends and family sending me jokes and laughs
without TALKS. Every time my little bell rings with a text message, I
wonder who is going to make me laugh at something terrible or cheeky!
And that's without the serious things you can do with TALKS like the
contacts book, calendar, music player, Bluetooth ... and so it goes
on.
It's fab, and I've become a terrible mobile phone anorak because of it
now
(laughs).
I think the K-NFB software is very very expensive, both in terms of
being on
the original Reader and now on a cell phone, but, like you, I want to
see
what it can do on a handset. Blimey the folk in our Vodafone shop
already
think it's amazing that we can do so much thanks to TALKS, so I'd love
to
see what they made of the K-NFB software on it too!
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:56 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
> Jackie,
>
> Here here on the price of talks/mobile speak.
>
> I think 150 quid is a drop in the bucket for the access these two
products
> give us.
>
> I've heard rumours about cracks of these floating about and although
I
> can't hand on-heart say I've never evaluated software that was
licenced
> under a different name in the past I think this is complete and
utter
> cheapness on the behalf of some blind folks.
>
> It makes the rest of us who are genuine and want the playing field
to be
> at least achievable for the majority and not just the fortunate few
look
> cheap as well.
>
> The reading software is massively over-priced and yet I still want
it and
> I want the independence that it promises.
>
> Dj Paddy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 6:51 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
>
>
>> Yes that's right Andy from what I understand too. But I bet it
won't be
>> long before other mobiles supporting this type of flash with the
Symbian
>> operating system will be available to at least provide the end user
with
>> some choice. If what the software developers are saying is true,
it
>> would have to be future proof for a wider selection of phones.
They are
>> supposedly chucking a lot of dosh at developing the software, and
with
>> what they are charging for it, they must expect to be doing more
with
>> other phones or else it'll be defunct in no time.
>>
>> It's the K-NFB software that I think is extortionate, not the phone
or
>> TALKS. For me, the ability TALKS gives us to do what we can with a
>> mobile is worth every penny frankly. But while the K-NFB software
is
>> designed to be portably accessed, it is a lot of money, both over
there
>> and here.
>>
>> I'm really curious to see how the Reader and the phone compare as
two
>> different animals. What would happen, for example, if you were
using the
>> phone to read a document with the K-NFB software, and you got a
text, or
>> someone rang you. Yes it's very interesting from a usability
sense.
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>>
>> Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
>> Skype Name: Cairnsplace
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 6:23 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
>>
>>
>>> Jackie and Terry -
>>>
>>> It is certain to work on future models, but they will have to be
>>> equipped
>>> with the xenon flash, which as I understand it, the n95 isn't, so
the
>>> software won't be backwards compatible as it can't be really. From
what
>>> I've
>>> heard, I understand it could actually be used on the N95, but it
>>> wouldn't
>>> function as reliably because the N95 uses the led flash, and not
the
>>> xenon
>>> flash. Hope I've got that right <smile> -
>>>
>>> Andy
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 5:27 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
>>>
>>>
>>> | Hi Terry
>>> |
>>> | I would be prepared to bet it will be available on other phones
at
>>> some
>>> | point, it's inevitable I suppose. Let's face it, the company
>>> producing
>>> this
>>> | software aren't just going to target a phone that will be out of
the
>>> mobile
>>> | chart within three to six months are they?
>>> |
>>> | I haven't heard the N82 yet, so couldn't say whether it is
better in
>>> sound
>>> | to the N95.
>>> |
>>> | Jackie
>>> |
>>> | Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
>>> | Skype Name: Cairnsplace
>>> | ----- Original Message -----
>>> | From: "terrcooper" <terry.cooper@xxxxxxx>
>>> | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> | Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 4:35 PM
>>> | Subject: [access-uk] Re: More on KNFB reader for phones
>>> |
>>> |
>>> | > Hi
>>> | >
>>> | > I'm about to upgrade my phone, and was thinking of getting the
n95.
>>> As
>>> | > this scanning software only works on the n82 at the moment, is
>>> anyone
>>> | > aware of whether it will work on the n95 at some point?
>>> | >
>>> | > My reasoning for the n95, is because I think it has a better
sound
>>> | > quality, unless anyone has any views on that.
>>> | >
>>> | > thanks for any help.
>>> | >
>>> | > Terry
>>> | >
>>> | > Thanks for any help.
>>> | >
>>> | > ----- Original Message -----
>>> | > From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> | > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> | > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 5:51 PM
>>> | > Subject: [access-uk] More on KNFB reader for phones
>>> | >
>>> | >
>>> | >> Hi folks,
>>> | >>
>>> | >> Take a look, or should I say a listen, to this file. You can
>>> download
>>> it
>>> | >> from:-
>>> | >>
>>> | >> http://www.blindbargains.com/redirect.php?redirect=2614
>>> | >>
>>> | >> All the best
>>> | >>
>>> | >> Steve
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