I can answer that for you mate, the reasoning behind this has become obvious to me this morning. Put simply, it is a commercial venture to make money. Freedom is hoping, I would imagine, to sell their Pearl camera devices. It’s a fair bit that those are or will be natively supported by JAWS 19 or whenever that is implemented.
================================================= My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <[email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 ---------------------------------------- —— > On 31 Jul 2017, at 09:18, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > How very odd! > > Even more odd when one considers that OCR will be standard in upcoming > versions of JAWS. > > > > On 31/07/2017 6:12 PM, Gordon Smith wrote: >> Good Monday to you, one and all >> >> As you may remember me saying last week, I have an ElBraille now on order. >> I’m expecting it some time next week, as the UK dealer is not carrying >> stocks of this item for some reason. >> >> Anyway, in advance of the device arriving, I have broken my tradition of not >> bothering with user manuals, and have spent some time reading the docs. >> >> It struck me the other day when I was thinking about the KNFB reader for >> Windows 10, what a great companion that would be for the ElBraille. I’m >> probably going to buy that one product, although I am curtailing most of my >> purchasing activities on line as of now in order to save funds. My bathroom >> is about to be gutted, and turned into a “Wet Room”, costing me a >> walking four grand in the process. >> >> But, I digress. It struck me, as I say, when reading the specs of the >> ElBraille, that there is no in-built camera of any sort. This seems like a >> real omission, given that the use and availability of OCR products is now >> widespread and, of course, a blind person would most likely require that >> functionality. >> >> Windows 10 is installed on the machine, of course. So to me, it would make >> perfect sense for them to have included an internal camera for this purpose. >> Also, utilities such as Skype could have taken advantage of this as well. >> That really would have made the ElBraille a very attractive portable >> solution for the masses. >> >> As it stands, however, I have no regrets. I am still looking forward to >> having my Focus 14 Blue integrated into a portable, versatile and powerful >> system. >> >> More when I receive the device. >> >> ================================================= >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >> >> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid >> printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! >> >> Contact: >> >> • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 >> • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7907 823971 >> • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 >> • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 >> • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> —— >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > > ********** > "Live each day as if you were goiing to die tomorrow, learn each day as if > you were going to live forever"
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