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

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Wed Apr 20 02:41:39 UTC 2011


I hope to be able to read pages that would be cool, or bottles.
Of what, I will let you guess giggle.

Original message:
> Nope; nothing that works very well for the iPhone yet.

> I hven't been very successful with the KNFB Reader in that regard, either.

> Mike


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> 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.

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>> 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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