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Monday, February 11, 2008 --- 145 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blindchanceaudio/~3/228634590/tech-tips-three-for
| By DAVID FAUCHEUX Top Tech Tidbits , an e-mail e-newssletter, is Dean Martineau's compendium of interesting developments in the tech world. Condensed, the following items from the newsletter should be of interest. The KNFB cell phone, which reads seemingly anything. The link to the NPR story was interesting as you could hear the phone determining the correct currency by scanning a bill. This is not a standalone scanner but a high-end Nokia cell phone with MP3 capability and high-speed Internet capabilities, too. I do hope we don't end up with a digital divide of haves and have-nots in the blindness community, but it seems to be happening. Perhaps, the price will continue to come down as the original hand-held scanner was, if memory serves, about $1,000.00 more than this Nokia phone with software. The impending release of the new version of the KNFB Reader, expected to ship around February 15. The Reader software will run on a Nokia N-82 phone, making it a very portable and convenient way for those on the go to scan print material. The Reader software will cost $1,500, with the phone costing around $550. Here's an audio link to the NPR news story on the topic, and here is the official page . DailyLit , a collection of books which they will send in installments using RSS or e-mail. Public domain books are free; others carry a small charge. Storyline Online , a site containing children's stor ... |
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