Ok, go to work for KNFB and convince them of the truth of what you are saying.
I worked in the AT arena for around five years. I went in with this very intention. After five years, I switched my focus to the general consumer electronics market, where I had significantly more success. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/05/2012, at 10:03, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > Erik Burggraaf > Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at > $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > 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 >> Email: [email protected] >> 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 >>> Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting >>> at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. >>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >>> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> 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? 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