[nfb-talk] LookTell

[Margo and Arrow]

I'm also hoping KNFB Reader andBlio will work on android phones soon.

Margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 3:10 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] LookTell


> I'm half expecting to hear before too long that the KNFB Reader software 
> is available for the iPhone 4 and 5.  As noted elsewhere, the iPhone 4 has 
> a suitable camera, though other Apple devices do not.  The hardware is 
> pretty much the same on all major modern smartphones, it's just a question 
> of operating system and application software.
>
> There's nothing terribly unique about the KNFB Reader's supported 
> hardware.  All that matters is porting the software to the appropriate 
> operating system and working out how to put it on to the appropriate 
> devices.
>
> Presently, you can only get iPhone software from the App Store (without a 
> jailbreak of course), but this comes at a 30% cut of the sale price for 
> Apple.  I do not know if that's reasonable at this point or not.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:54:43PM -0600, Ryan O wrote:
>>Ed, I have an iPhone and use LookTell. It is a damn neat app. I wish I'd
>>owned it when I was a cashier.
>>
>>I think the day may be coming when mainstream cell phone technology 
>>renders
>>the KNFB Reader obsolete.
>>
>>
>>
>>RyanO
>>
>>
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