Ridiculous.  Lowering prices increases your market.  I guarantee you I could 
sell 30 copies of a knfb mobile app for IPhone at $100, probably to the tune of 
10 a month when it first comes out.  Where-as even if I were ever a simbian 
user which I wasn't, I wouldn't even be able to justify the original knfb for 
simbian myself and I can write it off as a work expense on my income tax.  At 
$100 it would be no question.

It's just a different model.  In stead of charging a grand and selling it to 10 
people, you charge a hundred and sell it to 100 people.  Simple.  As long as it 
does what the brochure says it does.

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On 2012-05-02, at 5:36 PM, David Chittenden wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> The KNFB Reader company, and the other Assistive Technology companies, are 
> set up for selling high-price to small markets. This is their business model.
> 
> It can be, and usually is, quite difficult for a company to change its core 
> market strategies and focus.
> 
> You said you would be willing to pay $100 or $200 "maybe" for the KNFB 
> Reader. KNFB Technologies is use to charging $1000 for their product. In 
> other words, you are asking them for a 90% discount for the product. You are 
> asking them to almost give it away.
> 
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 03/05/2012, at 8:39, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,  Maybe not a grand, but a hundred or two certainly.  For +95% accuracy 
>> with autofocus and autoflash and other tools to make it deadly easy to get a 
>> scan and read?  Absolutely.  It's not as if they have to re-invent the 
>> wheel.  There are already OCr engines for IOS.
>> 
>> Personally, I love the idea of prismo, but even though I'm a reasonably good 
>> technology guy, I just can't be assed making it work and most of my clients 
>> would be lost, even serious IPhone users.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Erik Burggraaf
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>> On 2012-05-02, at 3:58 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> How many iOS device users are willing to pay the $1000 that KNFB Reader 
>>> charges for the KNFB Reader on the disappearing Nokia Symbion platform?
>>> 
>>> I personally get good enough results with Prizmo, and it was only $10. It 
>>> took me quite a while with lots of practice to become effective with Prizmo.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>> Email: [email protected]
>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 03/05/2012, at 7:30, AppleGourmet <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> as a previous user of KNFB Mobile Reader and user of the TextScout
>>>> from www.textscout.eu I have tried many paid and free OCR apps for the
>>>> iphone. Sadly not one has come anywhere close to the awesome
>>>> performance of the above two apps. Why are we not being given one?
>>>> Surely there are enough iPHONE users who would gladly pay to have a
>>>> working app on there iPhone.
>>>> With KNFB and TextSCOUT one could read entire books, magazines,
>>>> medical bottle labels, small text etc on the go with almost 98 percent
>>>> accuracy. None of the iPhone apps are even half as accurate!
>>>> Will the powers that be, prevail on these companies to come out with a
>>>> version for the iPhone? Please!
>>>> If anyone knows of a working OCR app, please share the info.
>>>> Many thanks!
>>>> 
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