[optacon-l] Re: KNFB reader
- From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:57:47 -0400
How do you get it to reade accurately? I've turned the flash off, which gives
me better results, by no means would I call it close to reliable. I am using
KNFB version 6.11
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. R. Westmoreland" <jr@xxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:06 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: KNFB reader
It is also great when you need to do a quick check of money.
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J. R. Westmoreland
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-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Sarah Clark
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:20 PM
To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: KNFB reader
I have the KNFB Reader as well. I haven't attempted to scan a book with it,
but in my opinion its designed more to read shorter handouts and labels and
other little things. I can understand that it wouldn't scan a book as well
as the Kurzweil software, but its not really designed to replace that.
The things it is designed for, it scans very well. I was surprised at how
accurate it is. It reads handouts and other things with very few errors,
certainly no more than with the Kurzweil program on those things.
I've also used it to read cooking instructions on food packages.
Sarah
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:57 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: KNFB reader
>I got it primarily for reading books that weren't paperback to try and
>avoid breaking the lids on my
> scanner as I've already had to replace one scanner I broke and then
> couldn't read with because I couldn't
> reliably hold the book in its proper place. It seems to do very well on
> labels and handouts, but
> books vary, of course, and you can't adjust the print settings the way you
> can with the regular Kurzweil
> computer software, at least as far as I can tell from the documentation.
> Some books, of course, will read
> better than others depending on print style, but I don't think it's as
> accurate as the computer
> scanners.
> Linda G.
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:35:05 -0700, Lori Castner wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, Linda,
>>
>>Yes, the cake was yummy! How well does the KNFB Reader work, and how
>>versatile is it?
>>
>>Lori
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:26 AM
>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading Labels was Reading recipe books with
>>myoptacon
>>
>>
>>>I'm almost thinking of taking my Optacon to a Reconnection Healing
>>>seminar
>>>in L.A. in case
>>>I need to read between shampoo or body lotion bottles, but then again,
>>>it's also tempting to take the
>>>KNFB Reader that I now have thanks to my mom and Cindy Handel, who is on
>>>this list, in case I
>>>want to read menus. Aaahhh, decisions, decisions!
>>>Lori, bet that cake tasted yummy!
>>>
>>>Linda G.
>>>On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:19:29 -0700, Lori Castner wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well, this was not lifesaving, but yesterday my husband bought two loaf
>>>>cakes at the market--one for us and one for a group. We wanted the
>>>>"butter
>>>>vanilla" one for us. The words "butter vanilla" were written in huge
>>>>white
>>>>letters on a dark background among a bunch of pictures on a large label.
>>>>I
>>>>got the right cake for us; a scanner would have made gibberish of that
>>>>label! And the butter vanilla cake was delicious!
>>>>
>>>>Lori
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Hermina Turnbull" <WTurnbull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 3:24 AM
>>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Well, what a life saver the Optacon is!!! I had a bad cut and used my
>>>>>Optacon to read the name of the correct ointment. Do that with a
>>>>>scanner? I must add that I did not have the box of the ointment and
>>>>>therefore read the name on the tube. Apart from using my Optacon for
>>>>>my
>>>>>daily work constantly I will definitely be lost without it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Wilna Turnbull
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Webber
>>>>>Sent: 15 September 2009 08:41 AM
>>>>>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks. I'll try that.
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Karla Westjohn
>>>>>Sent: 14 September 2009 05:13 PM
>>>>>To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Gently weigh down the page you are not reading. The operative word
>>>>>here
>>>>>is
>>>>>GENTLY. Gentle, even pressure will open the book widely enough to let
>>>>>you
>>>>>get the camera along the spine of the book without damaging it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Karla Westjohn
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Susan Webber" <Susan.Webber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 2:30 AM
>>>>>Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Reading recipe books with my optacon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a recipe book for my microwave/convection oven. The print gets
>>>>>close
>>>>>to the binding edge of the book and I find reading in it difficult with
>>>>>my
>>>>>optacon. I don't want to disassemble the book to be able to read it
>>>>>better.
>>>>>Any advice?
>>>>>
>>>>>Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Susan
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