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K-NFB Mobile Reader
Portable Scan & Read Device
User Testimonials for K-NFB Reader Products

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		Reader Mobile, which can be held in the palm of your hand


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		Reader Phone from the back, which which is a Nokia N82

knfb Reading Technology, Inc. is pleased to offer the latest breakthrough in print accessibility. They have developed software which places the functionality of a reading machine into a multifunction cell phone.

The K-NFB Mobile Reader products can be activated and ready to use with the touch of a single button on the phone. The user takes a photo of the print to be read and the character recognition software in conjunction with high quality text-to-speech will read the contents of the document aloud. At the same time, it can display the print on the phone's built-in screen and highlight each word as it is spoken.

The K-NFB Mobile Reader Product Line has the following capbilities:

Reads most printed documents, from letters and memos to pages in a book;
Reads address labels and package information and instructions;
Easily recognizes U.S. currency;
Displays each sentence visually and highlights each word as it is read;
Stores thousands of pages using easily obtainable flash memory;
Transfers text files to and from computers or Braille notetakers;
Adjusts reading speed to suit user's preference.

In addition, with the use of a screen reader, the user can access the other functions of the phone device including making and receiving phone calls, personal information management such as contacts, calendar, etc. Also contains ability to run accessible GPS programs, access to Adobe PDF files, voice recorder, music player and much more.

Features of the K-NFB Mobile Reader:

Reading modes for books, articles and labels; bills and memos;
Synchronized text highlighting with output speech;
Text navigation by sentence, word, character;
User self-training page for taking pictures;
Viewfinder for live field of view and Field of View Analysis;
Automatic or manual saving of documents and image files;
Automatic screen rotation for portrait and landscape reading.

User Testimonials for K-NFB Reader Products

Here is an audio testimonial below. You can click on the link and have the option to open the MP3 file to play in your media player, or save it to your computer:

K-NFB Mobile Reader Audio Testimonial

"Wow, wow, wow, and wow. All I can say is the K-NFB Reader is a fantastic little piece of handheld miracle. With just a bit of training I was off and running using the Reader for everything I could get my hands on. I have taken pictures of things the Reader is not really recommended for, and I have yet to run into anything that I can't read that a sighted person can, and sometimes better than they can.

"I am amazed at the sizes, and amount of different fonts that the Reader can handle with almost 100-percent complete perfection. I can now go to my local news stand and purchase any magazine that I want, and be able to read it anywhere that I want." - Janice Creighton

"The playing field has been equalized with the assistance of the K-NFB Reader. I feel that the scanner will make me more employable, besides assisting me to do my work independently." - Hope Hein

"I just finished sorting today's mail. What a great feeling I have to be able to accomplish this seemingly trivial task. I didn't have to interrupt my son or daughter, I didn't have to wait for a pair of eyes, and my wife does not have to spend time sorting. [...] As my students would say, 'The K-NFB Reader rocks!'" - Mark Feliz

"I find that just doing small things without sighted help gives me a feeling of independence. The potential is just fantastic for this technical camera that talks." - David and Lori Stayer

"I was planning to have someone read me the serial number from the battery in my laptop; however, the person could not seem to read the number the same way twice. It wasn't easy - tiny little print on the end of a long skinny box, but I got it with the K-NFB Reader.

"The beauty of this is that the K-NFB Reader, obviously not designed for anything remotely similar to this task, outperformed a sighted reader."

Tech notes:
Operating System - Symbian S60, 3rd Ed, FP1
Supported Phone Models - Nokia N82
Supported Languages - US English or UK English
On-Phone Free Flash Storage - 50 MB required
Flash Card Storage - up to 500 images per GB
Memory - 40 MB free RAM required
Camera - 5 megapixel, autofocus with xenon flash required

Accessories:
Training page
Polarizers for camera and flash

Documentation:
Includes printed and on-device help files. Braille available by request.

Software Ugrades:
One year from date of software activation.

Accessories available for the Nokia N82:
Accessibility software (Talks or Mobile Speak)
GPS Software
Phone cases

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Florida Reading and Vision Technology is an Authorized Dealer for the following manufacturers:

Ai Squared Ash Technologies BAUM Retec AG Bierley Duxbury Systems En-Vision America
HumanWare KNFB Reading Technology Kurzweil Educational Systems Optelec Code Factory Sendero Group ViewPlus Vision Technology, Inc.

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