[blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?

[Steve P. Deeley]

What is the cost of the device?
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Groat" <mike.sandi at att.net>
To: "'Roger Baccus'" <rogerbaccus at gmail.com>; "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing 
List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?


> Roger,
> I have a KNFB Reader along with two of my friends.  We all enjoy using it.
> There is a slight learning curve, but the rewards are well worth it. I 
> have
> used it to read documents, restaurant menus, etc.
>
> I demonstrated it to my Low Vision Specialist.  She gave me a small box,
> about 1 by 3 inches with very small writing on it.  She was totally
> surprised that it was able to read the very small lettering.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sarah Clark
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 5:49 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?
>
> Hi Roger,
> The KNFB Reader is quite effective.  I have the mobile version, and 
> expected
>
> that it would be useful, but its accuracy surprised me.  In my experience,
> at least in so far as reading letters and other similar documents which
> contain paragraphs of text, it seems to be every bit as accurate as the
> regular Kurzweil or Abbyy OCR software.  Soon after I received it, I was
> reading something with it and my husband walked into the room, overheard 
> it
> reading, and was blown away on how well it had recognized the text.  I've
> also used it to read receipts and check cooking directions on packages.
> Other than that, I haven't had much extensive use with it, so can't 
> comment
> on how it would handle tables and other things that are specially
> formmatted.  But if its OCR with letters, etc is any indication, it would
> seem that it would handle the specially formatted items as well as 
> Kursweil
> does.
>
> Sarah
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger Baccus" <rogerbaccus at gmail.com>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:36 PM
> Subject: [blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?
>
>
>> How effective is the KNFB Reader in everyday reading situations? I like
>> it. How can I justify getting State Rehab to buy one?
>>
>>
> http://www.rogerbaccus.com
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