[nabs-l] KNFB Reader

[Jedi]

Jorge,

I would recommend the KNFB Reader especially since you can save 
documents as text in the phone and read them in Braille using a Braille 
display. If you really want phone service with the phone, you could get 
a pre-paid plan so it wouldn't be too expensive to maintain. However, 
many of the phone's features are quite usable without the phone 
capabilities themselves. Does that make sense? I definitely think my 
high school years would have been much easier with a KNFB Reader on 
many levels.

Respectfully,
Jedi

Original message:
> Hi all.
> I'm now starting highschool this fall in NYC, and I'm considering 
> several things to get to be ready for school. I have different ideas, 
> depending on what I noticed, but one of things I realized is that there 
> are times, specially towards the start of the year, but it still 
> happens that the Science or Social Studies teacher is telling us to 
> read out of certain books and we don't have them or its not scanned 
> yet, but we have to do the classwork for that day.
> Do you think the KNFB READER would be a good idea to get?

> The other thing too is that when we go places--restaurants and the 
> like, the menus have to be read to me. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not 
> against having things read to me when its absolutely needed, but the 
> thing is, I'm always thinking - what if I'm by myself? Or with friends? 
> With my parents its fine, and I'm sure my friends would never say 
> anything, but if I can do this by myself why not?

> What do you guys think? Is it worth saving up for a KNFB mobile device?

> (getting the cell version is would force our family plan out the window 
> cause we'd have to switch companies)

> Any feedback is appreciated.


> Thanks.

> Jorge

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