[Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.

[Eugene Coulter]

I could not agree more!
Where we would be without the  first reader that came out in 1977 and we 
must recognize that it was the far thinking of the NFB and Ray Kurzweil that 
made this possible. No doubt that at some point in time these advancements 
would have been made anyway but I am confident that the work done over the 
last 33 years by us and Mr. Kurzweil greatly moved the process along to 
where Apple and others have a road map to make dreams progress even further.
Gene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95 at att.net>
To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.


>I am all for options and for affordability. If the Apple's OCR program is
> comparable or even better than the KNFB Reader that is great. However, the
> fact that the NFB and Kurzweill  has developed the technology through many
> years of work, has in and of itself led to making it possible.
>
> The tone of the posts that the KNFB Reader is a rip off is a bit niave and
> annoying given the years of work I have witnessed. Bravo for the work 
> Apple
> is doing; Bravo that technology is advancing and becoming more affordable;
> Bravo to the pioneers who led the way!
>
> Shelia Wright
>
>
>
>     --Original Message-----
> From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:25 AM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.
>
> hi,
>
> any chance these phones have an option for not having to pay 30-60 bucks a
> month?
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Olver" <goodfolks at charter.net>
> To: <Blindad at babel-fish.us>; <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <msb-alumni at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:17 AM
> Subject: [Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.
>
>
>> the I phone will have an OCR  app soon.  thus no need to pay two grand 
>> for
>
>> the kurzweil reader , phone , and talks or moble speak.   the 3 g as well
>> as the new 4g phone will work with  this OCR software. and the I phone 
>> has
>
>> it's own speech software which is FREE. So  go and listen to the file
>> below and see for yourself.
>>
>> SayText is an app designed especially for the visually impaired and by 
>> the
>
>> way, it's free! In a few words to describe it's use, you need to place 
>> the
>
>> iPhone on the center of a document. There's a big button for starting the
>> tool, tap it. ?Slowly elevate the i Phohne upwards from the document 
>> until
>
>> you hear a beep sound - this indicates, that the document is now fully in
>> frame and the camera will shoot automatically, when the picture is stable
>> / focused. ?Now only thing you have to do, is to wait for a few seconds.
>> (You can tap the screen to hear the OCR progress, e.g. OCR 35%). ?When 
>> the
>
>> OCR is ready you can start the voiceover to read the document out loud.
>> The app should come to Appstore in a week or so. There is a website for
>> SayText:
>> http://www.docscannerapp.com/saytext/
>>
>> There's also a video, where Mr. Heikki Ekola, a totally blind person uses
>> it. He's representing the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired -
>> You can find the video here:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWJF27IdX4
>>
>> This video is also at the SayText homepage.
>> http://www.docscannerapp.com/saytext/
>>
>>
>> Fred Olver
>>
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