[blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?

[Michael Groat]

Roger,
I have a KNFB Reader along with two of my friends.  We all enjoy using it.
There is a slight learning curve, but the rewards are well worth it. I have
used it to read documents, restaurant menus, etc.  

I demonstrated it to my Low Vision Specialist.  She gave me a small box,
about 1 by 3 inches with very small writing on it.  She was totally
surprised that it was able to read the very small lettering.  

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sarah Clark
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 5:49 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?

Hi Roger,
The KNFB Reader is quite effective.  I have the mobile version, and expected

that it would be useful, but its accuracy surprised me.  In my experience, 
at least in so far as reading letters and other similar documents which 
contain paragraphs of text, it seems to be every bit as accurate as the 
regular Kurzweil or Abbyy OCR software.  Soon after I received it, I was 
reading something with it and my husband walked into the room, overheard it 
reading, and was blown away on how well it had recognized the text.  I've 
also used it to read receipts and check cooking directions on packages.
Other than that, I haven't had much extensive use with it, so can't comment 
on how it would handle tables and other things that are specially 
formmatted.  But if its OCR with letters, etc is any indication, it would 
seem that it would handle the specially formatted items as well as Kursweil 
does.

Sarah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Baccus" <rogerbaccus at gmail.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:36 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] KNFB READER, AnyoneUsingIt?


> How effective is the KNFB Reader in everyday reading situations? I like 
> it. How can I justify getting State Rehab to buy one?
>
>
http://www.rogerbaccus.com
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