[access-uk] Re: KNFB
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:52:10 +0000
Thanks for your thoughts Barry. I'm not planning to get one of these
yet, but it would be useful, for example, when Hannah and I live
together and we go for days out and so on. Thanks again.
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 11:51:45 -0000, "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> I've also been interested in this reader.
>
> And I agree that the price is way way way over the top.
>
> Perhaps Ian you guys could do a show about the cost of adaptive equipmen
> and
> assistive software?
>
> Obviously you are not going to get this gear for nothing and you will
> have
> to pay a bit more than you would for mainstream products because of the
> minority market in conjunction with it being specialist technology.
> However, I do truly believe, (tightness of alot of blind people aside),
> that
> it does need to be brought more in focus the price of this stuff. Once
> and
> for all.
>
> heers
> Barry
> Ðà
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:32 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB
>
>
> Hi Kirsten, Colin here <smile>
>
> There really isn't much else to say. It does pretty much what it says on
> the tin. In addition to what I said on the show I'd add that, as with
> many
> pieces of access or adaptive technology, I think it's come slightly early
> to
> market. The software and therefore aspects of the reader's performance
> can
> be flaky. Sometimes, for example, it will give the battery status as two
> hundred and fifty-seven per cent full. The other thing I'd continue to
> argue as I have since first seeing it is that it is over-priced. Even if
> you add R&D costs to the relatively low prices of the two constituent
> parts,
> a five MP digital camera and a standard PDA, I think £2,600 is excessive.
>
> Cheers now.
>
> Ian (aka Colin).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Kirsten Edmondson
> Sent: 08 November 2006 20:51
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: KNFB
>
> I did hear it and I think Colin should give us a more detailed analysis
> than
> he had time for on there! I love the idea, though I'm not sure how good
> it
> really is, and the price puts me off, no way will ATW get that for me
> like
> they did for Colin!
> lol.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:49 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] KNFB
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > Has anyone listened to In Touch last night and heard an article on the
> > kNFB reader? In my opinion I think it's a great idea, and will help
> > those who travel a lot but cannot read things like signs, menus in
> > restaurants, etc. Thanks, and I look forward to hear from you. P.S KNFB
> > stands for the Kurzweill National Federation for the Blind personal
> > reader.
> > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> >
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