[access-uk] Re: The SiRecogniser
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:42:29 -0000
Hi Jackie,
Yes, you can scan a computer screen. I have done this even with the default
setting, but if you don't get best results, because of light etc, just hit
the display button.
I haven't tried it on a DAB radio, but it read my N95's digital display,
which is pretty darned cool.
Yes, you have two bits. The little computer, and a digital camera, which
plugs in via USB.
You also get the regular version for the PC, as well as the UMPC, Ultra
Mobile PC version, so it would be like getting KNFB and K1000 together as a
package.
I hope this helps.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: Monday 4 February 2008 15:55
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The SiRecogniser
Hi Steve
Thanks very much for this, it's extremely interesting, putting it mildly
(smile).
No, you can't have as much elbow as that with the K-NFB Reader. Yes you can
read a tin, and then re-scan if it isn't very good. You have to turn it
round a bit and keep trying, which is what I do if I'm really stuck and have
forgotten to put a Talking Tin on the lid. But you can't do the stuff you
have referred to.
Ian wants to know whether you can read a display as the PC is booting up, in
other words, while it is moving, or if there is an error message when the
machine stops before Windows kicks in.
Could you, for example, read the panel on a washing-machine or display on a
DAB radio that tells you the name of a song or other info? I have to say
I'm really into this stuff apart from the normal scanning of paperwork.
I understand it comes in a couple of bits, so how does this work? I believe
you have a small computer and an option to connect to your existing PC, is
that correct?
Thanks for any info.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve <mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Nutt
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 3:39 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The SiRecogniser
Hi Jackie,
The difference between KNFB and SiRecognizer, it seems to me, is that
SiRecognizer does more with objects. For example, KNFB will read papers,
bills, labels, etc, as you say, but it has no settings that I know of for
reading tins, jars, packets, digital displays, etc. Let me try to explain.
If I scan a tin, and it reads some of the text, but not all of it, with
KNFB, I would presumably have to swivel the tin and try again. That would
be the only option.
With Recognizer, I could certainly do that, but if it doesn't get the text,
I can hit the "Cylinder" button, and it would rotate the image it had
already scanned until it got some text. It is not always perfect, but you
have the option.
Again, if I am scanning a digital display, and I don't get good results, I
just hit the "Display" button, and it optimises the scan for digital
displays and rescans the image.
Finally, it has something called Steps. This is all this stuff put
together. You can have Recognizer automatically go through the steps one at
a time, or you can hit the steps button and go through one step, evaluate
the results, then go through step 2, etc. It has nine different steps from
rotating the image, to converting it to black/white, etc, to obtain results.
You also have control of the flash on the camera, you can turn it on and
off, if you know the lighting conditions.
In short then, from what I have gathered about KNFB, and I certainly don't
have one, so Jackie please correct me if I am wrong, you don't have so much
control over the processing of the image, as you do with SiRecognizer. Yes,
you can use SiRecognizer just like KNFB, and just scan stuff, but once you
get to know it, the steps and the different methods of analysis of the
image, really do come in handy.
Finally, because SiRecognizer is similar to KNFB on the PDA, except that the
camera is not attached, as cameras get better, it is easy to just change the
camera for a better one, without having to live without SiRecognizer by
sending it back for an upgrade. The camera is just a USB device. The down
side to it is that there is the wire between the two units.
I hope this helps.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: Monday 4 February 2008 10:36
To: Access UK Mailing List
Subject: [access-uk] The SiRecogniser
I am directing this message at Steve, who I understand is the dealer for the
alternative portable reader, the SiRecogniser.
Steve old boy, could you please give us some information about this machine
as an alternative to the K-NFB Reader and soon-to-be launched phone version?
Like many, no doubt, I know nothing about the SiRecogniser, except that it
can read displays etc as well as printed text.
I thought that rather than Emailing you privately for information, it would
be nice to share some stuff about it with the list as a whole since this has
been an interesting topic for several days, and making it a level playing
field.
Thanks.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
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