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charles ramsey
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Who makes readers for the blind? I would have thought these would be
20 dollars by now.
20 dollars by now.
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Ian Stirling
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charles ramsey <currentresident@veloemail.com> wrote:
The electronics in them isn't quite that simple yet.
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Zak
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charles ramsey wrote:
worldwide, and some type of insurance often pays for this. Which means
that prices will be high
ISTR about some innovation in braille lines. Or did you mean
camera-OCR-voice-speaker setups?
Thomas
Well, you'd think there was enough of a market. But I guess it is not
worldwide, and some type of insurance often pays for this. Which means
that prices will be high
ISTR about some innovation in braille lines. Or did you mean
camera-OCR-voice-speaker setups?
Thomas
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charles ramsey
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Zak <spam@jutezak.invalid> wrote in message news:<Uq5Ob.453$O41.1158@amstwist00>...
everything I tell her.
don't have issues on tape. It is a shame because she understandscharles ramsey wrote:
Who makes readers for the blind? I would have thought these would be
20 dollars by now.
Well, you'd think there was enough of a market. But I guess it is not
worldwide, and some type of insurance often pays for this. Which means
that prices will be high
ISTR about some innovation in braille lines. Or did you mean
camera-OCR-voice-speaker setups?
Thomas
I read science news and describe the articles to my blind friend. They
everything I tell her.
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Zak
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charles ramsey wrote:
thing to develop. Could be a killer application of some kind of handheld
platform even, and looks like a project that could attract sponsorship
from the right industries...
Thomas
A camera - OCR - voice synthesizer combo seems like a very realistic
thing to develop. Could be a killer application of some kind of handheld
platform even, and looks like a project that could attract sponsorship
from the right industries...
Thomas
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CWatters
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I think one of the problems that needs solving is the way OCR technology
handles magazine page layout. Editors tend to mix up articles in columns so
that after OCR you find fragments of articles mixed in with others. Perhaps
it would be better to push for online electronic editions for the blind?
"Zak" <spam@jutezak.invalid> wrote in message
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handles magazine page layout. Editors tend to mix up articles in columns so
that after OCR you find fragments of articles mixed in with others. Perhaps
it would be better to push for online electronic editions for the blind?
"Zak" <spam@jutezak.invalid> wrote in message
news:TysOb.567$O41.1282@amstwist00...
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CWatters
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"charles ramsey" <currentresident@veloemail.com> wrote in message
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have different interests to the rest of us. (Aside: I was once soundly
beaten in a dingy race by several blind sailors who it seems could feel and
hear the effect of the wind on the sails better than I could see it).
I expect you have already found the New Scientist web site but in case not
here is the URL... http://www.newscientist.com/ They have one or two new
science stories most days.
There are programs available to help blind people use computers and navigate
the internet. They work by describing what's under the pointer and
converting text to speech (eg reading it out through the speakers). Sorry if
you know about this stuff.
Colin
news:a4a9d1c6.0401171553.1c7e95ee@posting.google.com...
Yes it's easy to assume that just because someone has a handicap they must
have different interests to the rest of us. (Aside: I was once soundly
beaten in a dingy race by several blind sailors who it seems could feel and
hear the effect of the wind on the sails better than I could see it).
I expect you have already found the New Scientist web site but in case not
here is the URL... http://www.newscientist.com/ They have one or two new
science stories most days.
There are programs available to help blind people use computers and navigate
the internet. They work by describing what's under the pointer and
converting text to speech (eg reading it out through the speakers). Sorry if
you know about this stuff.
Colin
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In article <TetOb.17722$IF.3868799@phobos.telenet-ops.be>, CWatters
<colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> writes
graphics rich content of most web pages is beyond belief - if what you
want to do is just to know the content.
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AC
<colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> writes
Even 'text only' online versions would go most of the way there. The
graphics rich content of most web pages is beyond belief - if what you
want to do is just to know the content.
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AC