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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Deborah. I am and have received reader services from CABVI for many, many years (go back to when Sally Roberts ran the service from the Masonic Temple Building Downtown and PTP had just been established before she left and CABVI took over in 2000). I spoke with Jennifer Holiday at CABVI about this a while ago, who is in charge of their volunteer services program which includes one-on-one readers. The challenge is that I need the reader on an “as needed” basis as I don’t get bills from sales prospects every day. However, when I do, I typically need them to call me and read (or at least respond) the same day. If PTP had a way I could send them a bill copy, include what I need in a message body and have them leave a recording of their response in my voice mail inbox on their system, that would be perfect. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Be My Eyes wouldn’t work, as the invoices I usually get have multiple pages, the text quality is typically degraded, and as Deborah mentioned, getting a reader to respond is a crap shoot at best. A lot of the sighted volunteers of Be My Eyes are International, so gathering the information I need in context would be difficult and possibly unreliable. Be My Eyes is great for applications like reading a label on a can of foodor having a scene described, but not for this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for all your suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chris.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks so much for all of your responses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chris.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Kendrick via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2015 7:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Deborah Kendrick<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cinci-nfb] Need readers that can work with documents remotely (by email or fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chris, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Are you on the PTP? That’s Personalized Talking Print, the voice mail reading service of CABVI. I’m thinking that this is the type of thing that you might find a reader to do. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you are already on it, then just send Janet Papin a messsage detailing the need as you have done so succinctly here. If you are not, then call CABVI and get signed up! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It’s a wonderful service. Every reader and every listener gets his/her own voice mail box. There are tons of magazines and newspapers read, but also lots of individual needs met<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Deborah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [<a href="mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2015 5:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List<br><b>Cc:</b> Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] Need readers that can work with documents remotely (by email or fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello folks. I realize just posting this to the Cincinnati Chapter List might be too restrictive, but I need a remote fax service or someone able to read faxes or email documents remotely for my jog.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need to occasionally read utility bills that come in from sales prospects. These usually come in as scanned PDF images or via an eFax line that sends to my email. Since the text quality of these bills is degraded and in columns, they generally don’t lend themselves to OCR scanning from a program like Kurzweil 1000 or KNFB reader. What I need is for the sighted reader to answer specific questions from the bill (i.e., invoice amount, utility, alternative supplier, usage data, etc.). I’m not sure if CABVI can do this as the bills don’t come in on a set schedule. In the past, there was a service available called Read this to Me that did exactly this, but the service was discontinued some time ago. If anyone knows of a service or individual that could do something similar, I’d appreciate it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>