[Blindtlk] the Kurzweil NFB reader for full length books

[Gary Wunder]

Hello Robert. I am a very happy user of the K-NFB reader, but I can't 
imagine using it to read a full-length book. The two most popular desktop 
applications which convert print into something a blind person can read 
allow you to scan as fast as you can and also to read as you scan. The 
processing time on a desktop machine is, of course, much less than what you 
will find on either the PDA or the cell phone that we now use in the K-NFB 
reader. I often tell people that, as much as I like the idea of having a 
sports car, I wouldn't want to use it on moving day to transport my 
furniture from one place to the other.

Like anything else, your own experience is probably the best teacher. Why 
not try reading a book with the K-NFB reader and then getting one of your 
friends to let you see what that same experience would be like using a 
desktop machine and an OCR package that is blind friendly. Then you can 
really make an informed decision.

Gary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert J Smith" <rsmith247 at csc.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] the Kurzweil NFB reader for full length books


> Hi list.  I was just curious if any users of the Kurzweil NFB Reader have
> used it to read full length paperback or hard cover books and if so, was
> it overly difficult?  I was advised by a distributor that it would be
> somewhat tedious to read whole books with it and he advised me to get some
> kind of desktop system to do that kind of reading.  He did say though that
> the unit is up to handling that kind of task as far as being rugged
> enough.  I'm thinking if I can read full length books with a smaller, less
> expensive portable unit I would rather do that instead of using a desktop
> unit which of course would take up a ways more space.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Robert Smith
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