Hi Access to Accessable technology is not a very far dream these days.
In a year or 2, I estimate there would be many comperable technology for a more competitive price. Harish. ----- Original Message ----- From: "moiz tundawala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] portable reader. > Ah, Most unfortunate! > Can't anything be done? Accessible technology at affordable prices is > the need of the hour, especially in developping countries. > Moiz. > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:53:12 +0530 > From: "Amiyo Biswas" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [AI] portable reader > To: < > [email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Hello, > > The current price is $2550. It does not support any Indian language. The > company does not have an agent in India. You can see the details at > www.knfbreader.com > > Best regards, > > Amiyo. > > Cell: +91-9433464329 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Prasanna Pincha" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: < > [email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 11:44 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] portable reader > > That's really exciting! I think, you're referring to the National > Federation > of the Blind. This product, it appears, would revolutionise blind people's > access to the world of knowledge. > > Prasanna Kumar Pincha. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anjali Arora" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: < > [email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:17 AM > Subject: [AI] portable reader > > hi friends, > I came across this portable reader. from the specification and description > it appears great to me. ..or may be everything that is an improvisation > brings excitement to me. > > from the point of technology, utility for blind and any other aspect, > reviews are welcomed from the experts of this list on the portable > reader > as described below > -- > Technology that scans and reads printed > material to the blind is nothing new, but this > personal reader is the first truly handheld > device to do the job. Combining a state-ofthe- > art digital camera with a powerful > personal data assistant housed in a customdesigned, > attractive case, the Kurzweil- > National Federation of the Blind Reader puts > the best available character recognition software > together with text-to-speech conversion > technology, all in the palm of your hand. > Hold the Reader?s camera over print?a > restaurant menu, directions, or a memo from > your boss?and snap a picture. In seconds you > can hear the contents of the printed document > in clear synthetic speech. Capture, read, and > discard pages; store them for later reading; or > transfer files to a computer or Braille-aware > PDA. The Reader even has a headphone jack > so you won?t disturb your neighbors. > The Reader?s convenient size, simple design, > and powerful technology deliver unprecedented > access to printed matter. > The Kurzweil?National Federation of > the Blind Reader > ? Reads most printed documents from > letters and memos to pages in a book. > ? Reads address labels and package > information and instructions. > ? Reads an entire page or a few lines for > identification. > ? Stores thousands of printed pages > with easily obtainable extra memory. > ? Transfers files to desktop and laptop > computers or Braille notetakers. > ? Reads documents from computers or > other devices. > Imagine how the Reader will change your life. > A colleague hands you a document for review > in the next hour? No problem. You come > back from vacation to an overflowing in-basket? > Put the Reader to work, and the clutter is > gone. Need to check your seat assignment in > the airport? The information can be a > snapshot away. > You?ll find hundreds of uses for the Reader > every day?all in one small package and for > less than you would pay for a portable notetaker > with a Braille display. > No other device in the history of adaptive > technology for the blind has provided quicker > access to more information than the > Kurzweil?National Federation of the Blind > Reader. The world of the printed word is > about to be opened to the blind in a way it has > never been before. Get ready; the revolution > begins today. > ******************************************************** > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
