From info at michaelhingson.com Wed Dec 2 08:30:47 2009 From: info at michaelhingson.com (Michael Hingson) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:30:47 -0600 Subject: [Sd-talk] KnfbReader Mobile END OF YEAR CELEBRATION Message-ID: KnfbReader Mobile END OF YEAR CELEBRATION Greetings all, We are finishing our first year of providing the KnfbReader Mobile to the blind of the Nation. KNFB Technologies has told me and our NFB board that at present we are #1 in sales in the world. This is, I believe, due to our technical support of the Reader and our ability to provide the Readers at good prices and most of all to you who recognize the value of the Reader. To celebrate our first year's accomplishments we are offering some end of year special pricing to anyone who wishes to purchase a KnfbReader by the end of 2009. If you purchase a KnfbReader from The Michael Hingson Group or any of its dealers on or before December 31, 2009 you can take advantage of these special prices. 1. Purchase a KnfbReader Mobile including a Nokia N82 and either Talks or MobileSpeak at $100 off our normal price and get the package for $1,495.00 plus shipping. We have plenty of Nokia N82s and can get more. Even though Nokia has discontinued this product we have access to them for now. Because of your faith and the buying power you have given us this year we have unique access to this hardware in the US for the best price anywhere. If you would rather have the new Nokia N86 you can buy the KnfbReader Mobile using this platform, again including either Talks or MobileSpeak, but now get $150 off our regular price and get the entire package for $1,620.00 plus shipping. As always you get full support and one year of software upgrades. Each unit comes fully integrated and ready for you to use. We offer some accessories including extended batteries for the Nokia N82, Bluetooth headsets, and WayFinder Access GPS. Feel free to ask about these items when calling or emailing with questions or to place an order. Remember, to qualify for the special end of year prices you must place your order by the end of December 31, 2009. If you want your KnfbReader Mobile in time for Christmas please order by December 15. We will work with state agencies and other organizations to accommodate their purchasing procedures so they may also take advantage of this special pricing. Thank you all for the support you have given us this year. I and the entire team appreciate all your questions and assistance in spreading the word about the NFB KnfbReader Mobile sales project. We will continue to provide all the support we can as we move into next year. As new phones and new Reader features become available you can be assured that we will assist you in getting your questions answered as well as in insuring that you have the best products available. Please visit our web site, http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com, to keep up with the latest information about the Reader. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all, Mike Hingson The Michael Hingson Group "Speaking with Vision" Michael Hingson, President (415) 827-4084 info at michaelhingson.com www.michaelhingson.com for info on the new KNFB Reader Mobile, visit: http://knfbreader.michaelhingson.com From dandrews at visi.com Sat Dec 5 16:23:34 2009 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:23:34 -0600 Subject: [Sd-talk] Last Chance to Help Braille Literacy with Coin Purchase Message-ID: Christmas Header The holiday season is upon us—a time when we turn our focus, more than any other part of the year, to giving. This year, give a gift that really counts—a future full of opportunity for a blind child! Today far too many blind children and adults in America are being refused Braille instruction by both schools and rehabilitation agencies, and many who are receiving a Braille education are given inadequate instruction. There is a way you can help. When you purchase the Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, not only will you receive the first U.S. coin to feature readable, tactile Braille, but $10 from the sale of each coin will also go to the National Federation of the Blind’s efforts to end this Braille literacy crisis. That’s a gift anyone would be proud to give. But time is running out! You have just a few days left to purchase this exceptional coin and leave your mark on this crisis. Visit the U.S. Mint’s Web site or www.braille.org, or call 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468) by December 11, 2009, to give the gift of Braille literacy today. The United States Mint guarantees delivery by December 25, 2009, on any in-stock item, anywhere in the United States on orders placed by December 7, 2009, for standard delivery, and December 11, 2009, for express delivery. Orders over $300 will receive free expedited shipping. If you've already purchased the Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, consider making a matching gift to the “Braille Readers are Leaders” campaign. It is a great way to multiply the impact of your purchase. We at the National Federation of the Blind thank you for your devotion to America’s blind and wish you the happiest of holiday seasons! Braille Coin (Black & White) To learn more about the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, the Braille literacy crisis, and the Braille Readers are Leaders campaign, visit www.braille.org. National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 (410) 659-9314 Fax (410) 659-5129 From RWest at nfb.org Tue Dec 8 12:36:01 2009 From: RWest at nfb.org (West, Renee) Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:36:01 -0600 Subject: [Sd-talk] Follow NFB-NEWSLINE on Twitter to get the freshest scoop! Message-ID: In order to better communicate with our subscribers, NFB-NEWSLINE is now on Twitter. Our posts, or "Tweets," which come out on a weekly basis generally, advise subscribers of new publications added and new features or system enhancements, such as the ability with NFB-NEWSLINE Online to view publications on our Web site or download them to your digital talking-book player. Occasionally we also post Tweets that bring attention to interesting articles that we feel subscribers might enjoy. If you would like to follow us, please visit http://twitter.com/NFB_NEWSLINE. For those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, it is a social networking site that consists of "microblogs," time- or topic-sensitive posts that are 140 characters or less. You may read our tweets on the Web or use one of many available Twitter clients, most of which are free to use. A podcast, called "Twitter from a Blindness Perspective," is available at www.blindcooltech.com and may be of help in learning more about the service. Below is a sampling of clients available: McTwit is a free, open-source desktop client for Twitter.com. The program is designed with productivity of keyboard users in mind. Additionally, if the JAWS, System Access, or Window-Eyes screen reader is active, some information is conveyed efficiently through direct speech messages. This client is available at www.mctwit.com. A more complete introduction to this client may be found at http://www.fredshead.info/2009/08/mctwit-accessible-interface-for-twitter.html. TwInbox: Formerly known as outTwit, this add-in to Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 provides a method of integrating Twitter into your e-mail system. Tweets can be displayed in your Inbox or a designated folder. Outlook commands for Reply and Reply to All can be used to reply to messages as private, direct, messages or replies can be sent to the "timeline." Tweets can be manipulated and stored just like any other Outlook item. The advantage of this client, for those users who routinely have their e-mail open all day, is that it brings the Twitter experience into an application with which you are already familiar. TwInbox is available from Techhit at http://www.techhit.com. Further information on this client is available at http://www.fredshead.info/2009/12/tweet-from-outlook.html. Twittelator PRO is a low-cost application for the iPhone that allows you to utilize most Twitter functions, including the managing of multiple accounts. Twittelator Pro also offers a search feature, the ability to post shortened URLs, and the ability to differentiate direct messages from ordinary tweets. Visit http://www.stone.com/Twittelator for more information and downloading instructions. Qwitter: This client, mainly designed for use by the blind, provides a number of interesting features that make it appealing to power users. The program runs in the background and checks for new tweets at specified intervals, and keyboard commands are then used to review the new messages. Qwitter provides access to its interface from anywhere in the operating system, making it unnecessary to leave your current task to access new tweets. Qwitter presents different tweets in "buffers," which provide a way for you to access your timeline (showing all the messages from people you follow), replies (showing all messages with your @username in them), direct messages (messages sent privately to you), and sent (displaying messages you have sent). Additionally, Qwitter provides the ability to define search buffers, which will search the Twitter public timeline for a designated string and present them to you. The Qwitter client supports speech output directly to your screen access program, or uses a SAPI voice if no speech software is running. This program is available from http://www.qwitter-client.net. You can become more familiar with this client by accessing a podcast on the subject at http://www.lalrecordings.com/node/31. Tweets60 is a free Twitter client for Nokia S60 smartphones, and is compatible with the Talks screen reader. Tweets60 is the first free native Twitter application for Nokia S60, providing a simple and accessible way to manage your Twitter account on the go, providing access to most standard Twitter functionality on the move. Once installed Tweets60 is accessed through the application tab on your menu and will automatically connect to your Twitter account, showing you new tweets, direct messages, and your latest updates. You can then change your status, read the tweets of people you follow, re-tweet, and manage who you follow. You can even leave Tweets60 running in the background and it will automatically update. You may download this client from http://www.tweets60.com. Jawter is a tool that essentially turns your screen reader into a Twitter client and allows you to use Twitter with a minimum of fuss. You simply install it, set it up, and read your Twitter updates with hot keys that work anywhere in windows, wherever you are, and whatever you're doing. Your tweets can be navigated from within the screen reader, then there's no need to go launching separate programs just to see what your friends are saying. This client may be downloaded from: http://randylaptop.com/software/jawter-2. Blind Cool Tech has a podcast you can listen to in order to learn more about Jawter, available at http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1319Jawter.mp3. Twitterrific is a free application created for Mac users that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community Web site. The application's user interface is clean, concise, and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your Mac's desktop. You may access the download by visiting http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at nfbnewsline at nfb.org. From the NFB-NEWSLINE Team Renee West Manager, Marketing and Outreach Sponsored Technology Programs NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street Baltimore MD 21230 Phone: (410) 659-9314 ext. 2411 Fax: (410) 659-5129 Websites: www.nfb.org; www.nfbnewsline.org; www.nfbnewslineonline.org There is a Braille literacy crisis in America. You can be part of the solution. 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By participating in this giveaway, you have the opportunity to win some cool prizes including A choice between an Amazon gift card or a 16-gigabyte USB flash drive You could win one out of a possible two Netflix subscriptions An Olive garden gift certificate Software to protect your computer from spyware and viruses And more... And by participating, you will have the chance to make sure someone's Christmas wish comes true for the holidays! Below is a link to the Radio360 contest page for the Holiday Giveaway: http://www.radio360.us/holidaygiveaway On there, you will see a PayPal button you can click to donate as little as 1 dollar or as much as you would like up through the 21st of December at 8 PM eastern time. And all money collected during this time will be given as a gift by Radio360 to The Make A Wish Foundation. The Make A Wish Foundation grants wishes made by children with life-threatening medical conditions. More info can be found about them at http://www.wish.org What kind of prize you get does not factor in how much you donate. So even if you only give in 1 dollar, you could still win one of the Netflix subscriptions, just as an example All I ask is that when or if you decide to make your donation, you email me your name and email address so that I can put you on the prize list. Based on the list of names of people who donate, prize winners will be randomly selected by the computer on the 21st of December during Part 2 of The Djd Invasion Christmas Gala on Radio360, which will start at 8 PM eastern. And if we end up with more prizes than those who donate, then we'll start finding ways to give the remaining ones away on the show. Either way, people will have a shot to win, and you'll be a winner anyway, by helping a child's wish to come true this holiday season! And you do not need a PayPal account to donate. You can use a credit card if you prefer. 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URL: From jim at knfbreader.com Tue Dec 22 21:37:14 2009 From: jim at knfbreader.com (James Gashel) Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:37:14 -0600 Subject: [Sd-talk] More phones and trial version now supported by KNFB Reader Mobile Message-ID: From: James Gashel [mailto:jim at knfbreader.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:45 PM To: Reader users list (reader-users at nfbnet.org) Subject: More phones and trial version now supported All -- Please see the notice below which announces a new release of the Mobile Reader software. This release is limited to adding support for several additional Nokia phones and to allow use of a trial license for a 14 day free evaluation period. This release does not include other new features, such as color recognition and glare detection, which have been discussed and are still being developed. Please note that installation of the release announced below is not considered necessary to replace version 6.1.11 since new functionality for the Mobile Reader itself is not being added. NOTICE OF NEW SUPPORTED PHONES AND TRIAL VERSION NOW AVAILABLE This notice is being distributed to announce two important developments intended to make K-NFB Reading Technology's Mobile Reader products more widely available throughout the United States and around the world. These changes have also required a new release, version 6.3.1, of the Mobile Reader software now available for download at knfbreader.com. Please note that this release does not contain new features or functionality aside from supporting additional phones and allowing the software to operate for a time-limited trial period. Therefore, installation of this version is not considered necessary for current users. NEW SUPPORTED PHONES The phones now supported with the initial release of version 6.3.1 are the Nokia E71 (best used with the kReader Mobile), N79, N82, N85, N86, N95 8 GB, N95 North American model, and the Nokia 6220 Classic. Please note that changes in phone models and availability must be expected. However, phones which become unavailable from suppliers will continue to be supported for use with the Mobile Reader software when changes are made to support newer phones and models which become available. This applies at present to the N82 and the 6220 Classic. For more information on each of these devices please visit our supported phones web page at http://www.knfbreader.com/phone_info.php This page includes important information about each supported phone as well as links to obtain detailed specifications. Please check back periodically to keep up to date as more phones are added to the list. Checking with various suppliers for availability and price is recommended. TRIAL VERSION We have been asked to create a means for trying out either the kReader Mobile or the knfbReader Mobile before making a purchasing decision, which is now possible with version 6.3.1. The trial is a full version of the kReader Mobile or the knfbReader Mobile, whichever is chosen, but the activation period is limited to 14 days. The procedures used to install and activate the trial version are identical to the purchased product, but a special trial license must be obtained from an authorized Mobile Reader dealer http://knfbreader.com/purchase.php or from K-NFB Reading Technology's technical support service by email at: support at knfbreader.com or by phone at: (877) 547-1500. Best Regards, James Gashel Vice President of Business Development K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. Direct phone: (720) 878-4248 Fax: (781) 263-9999 Skype: james.gashel email: jim at knfbreader.com http://www.knfbreader.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: