[Nfbmt] check this out

[James Aldrich]

Hi again,

You could connect your phone via bluetooth to that $300 to $500 braille 
display, the B2G or perhaps to a braille display you already have and 
read what you scan in braille. I've done this with  my Braille Edge.

Jim



Original message:
> Hi all,

> There isn't anything which reads handwriting.  That is the reality till
> that possibility is solved.  It is my uneducated guess that it is a
> lack of a font.  Perhaps it is more complex than that!

> I would say the receipt one tries to read should not be wrinkled or dog
> eared. If the printed receipt is in good shape, parts of it or all of
> the printing on the receipt can be read.  I'll have to try the grocery
> store receipt some time.  Dar and I had a question on a Schwans
> receipt.  We thought we were being charged for something we didn't
> order or something we ordered wasn't on the receipt.  I can't remember
> what was the case!  I believe the receipt showed us a given product
> wasn't on our order.  The KNFB Reader did a nice job of reading that
> printed receipt. More and more entities are using printed receipts.
> Certainly this is a step forward!  I'll have to try those airplane
> materials whenever I fly next.

> Right now, over spring break, the KNFB Reader is $87.  This is a good
> time to get it!  The KNFB Reader is certainly more portable than a PC
> and Scanner and it is in one's phone be it IOS or Android. It isn't
> perfect but it certainly is very useful!  Perhaps the best thing one
> can say, it takes practice, practice, practice!

> I would encourage all of you to go to Blind Bargains.com and listen to
> the many audio podcasts of what was being featured at Sea Sun
> Conference for 2016.  Many say this is the year of braille. We could
> see that $300 to $500 braille display this year!  NFB, APH and one
> other US organization are involved with this project.  The B2P
> available now from National Braille Press is finally available for
> $2495.  Dean Blazie is very much involved with this device which uses
> android.  It too has scanning capability for scanning printed material.
> One can see a number of low vision products as well.  Do check it out!
> The Humanware APEX is getting a face lift.  It will be a combination
> tablet and braille notetaker. One can use the braille keyboard which is
> in the carrying case or attached to it somehow or take it out of the
> case and it is an android tablet with a braille keyboard on the screen
> which can be turned off and it is more like any android tablet.  This
> certainly is impressive but so is the price of $5495 which is the same
> as present day Apex notetakers.  Keysoft is still used but updated.  I
> thought Hims had an equivalent product but haven't found it yet!

> The ID Mate Quest has been updated to the ID Mate Galaxy. Do get that
> KNFB Reader at the reduced price while you have a chance!

> Jim


> Original message:
>> You can't read handwritten stuff with the KNFB Reader, so you couldn't read
>> your taxi receipts.  You might be able to find them amidst all your other
>> receipts, though.

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