[nfb-talk] [Reader-users] Reading display on my HP printer

[d m gina]

Has anyone does this with the iphone, and how well does it work?
I just have to keep trying.

Original message:

> Dear Gina,

> I just pressed my Reader against the glass on the vending machine and cocked
> it at about 45 degrees in front of the item I was trying to identify.
> Sometimes I got it and sometimes I did not.  I think it had allot to do with
> the font style, but it did read the item number and price without much
> trouble.
> I am glad that there are other people around to tell me most of the time.
> I once used it to read the menu board in a Subway shop and it did a good
> job.
> I have also used it to read my computer screen when JAWS stopped talking to
> find out what the problem was.

> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Reader-users] Reading display on my HP printer


>> Is that rite, you used your phone to find the candy out of the candy
>> machine?
>> Now how cool is that.
>> We have the iphone and it is the zoom reader app.
>> I'm still learning how to set it up so that I can know what is happening.
>> What else have you used your reader for?

>> Original message:

>>> Dear Bill,

>>> Try to use your KNFB Reader a few times.  I do not have that model
>>> printer,
>>> but I have successfully used my reader to read the LCD read outs on a
>>> number
>>> of devices including my lap top.
>>> I sometimes had to take the picture at a slight angle or turn the flash
>>> off
>>> as the flash bounce would wipe out the LCD with glare.
>>> I have even managed to get candy out out of a vending machine a couple of
>>> times, but not every time.

>>> Good Luck.

>>> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bill Outman" <woutman at earthlink.net>
>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: "'Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list'"
>>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:27 AM
>>> Subject: [Reader-users] Reading display on my HP printer


>>>> Good day, all.



>>>> Does anyone know if there is a way for the text on my printer display to
>>>> be
>>>> spoken or alternatively can I read it with my K-NFB reader?



>>>> Here's the model I have.



>>>> HP Photo Smart Premium Fax All-in-one Series C309



>>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



>>>> Bill Outman

>>>> Daytona Beach, Florida






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