I don't think they have discontinued their program for further development. They are very much into it, probably there are not substantial upgradation scheduled for now. They might be working for next version of Kurzweil in 21. I also agree with you that Kurzweil is the best reading machine for visually impaired using the computer system. I am using Kurzweil since my undergraduate programme. However now for the purpose of scanning the books, I have shifted to fine reader as Kurzweil didn't upgrade their recognition engen after fine reader 11.
On 11/17/20, Mahesh S. Panicker <[email protected]> wrote: > Have they killed off Kurzweil 1000 silently? Can't find anything on > the site regarding the discontinuation of the product or any > reasoning. > As there are lots of OCR and reading tools in general, a lot many > people will simply look at alternatives and be fine, also as it is a > very expensive software. But particularly for those who are in higher > education, both in a learning or teaching roles, it is surely a > setback. I wish there is a way to get them to change their minds on > this. > I would surely want to try out Kibo for desktop. The Android product > is promising, though the reading interface on the app do not seem to > have many options as such. > Have they integrated the Google TTS somehow on the Windows platform? > That is the greatest feature in a way on Android, Google TTS provides > a very functional voice to Kibo on Android. Vocalizer doesn't have as > many language options on Windows, and eSpeak is not the greatest TTS > option available in terms of voice quality and listening experience, > and Eloquence of course have very limited language set though in my > view it does remain the best TTS engine despite all the neglect that > it has faced. > > On 11/17/20, Pranav Lal <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mahesh, >> >> I agree about the use of a computer for serious work. This is why Kebo is >> so >> promising. It works on the phone and the computer. >> Imho, a mobile phone, irrespective of operating system does not cut it. >> >> Pranav >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >> Behalf Of Mahesh S. Panicker >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 9:36 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding Kurzweil 1000 >> >> Hi Pranav, >> Thank you for the response. Yes, I have been using Kibo, and it surely is >> promising. I read about Kibo desktop recently, but I have tried it out >> only >> on Android so far. >> I have felt that for major educational requirements, you still need the >> computer. Don't know about the iPhone environment, but text selection, >> and >> even many other basic requirements are rather difficult on Android. By >> the >> way, KNFB Reader on Android is an utter scam. >> It is so sad that Kurzweil Educational Systems have stopped the >> development >> of K1000. >> >> On 11/16/20, Pranav Lal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Mahesh, >>> >>> As far as I know, k1k is no longer being developed. >>> >>> I use the knfb reader for my recognition needs but am keeping a close >>> eye on kebo because it is moving in promising directions with respect >>> to image recognition. >>> >>> If you are using an iPhone, voice dream reader with voice dream >>> scanner may come close to what you need with note taking features etc. >>> Pranav >>> >>> -- >>> Disclaimer: >>> 1. 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