hello all,
still feeling pretty sick, each time i step out, i get the chills so bad i 
feel like i am about to shatter... then i come home and blast jen out of the 
house with heat and pile 6 blanks very thick no less and still try to sweat 
this thing out, but still no good, might call the docs .
as for be being an NFB person, i just find that some of the stuff they do I 
agree, I also have thought of joining them.
now, I know that we all have opinions, and this is a free country, but will 
admit the hole going to hell comment did hurt.
I will leave it at that.
and yes, there are things that me and jen do agree to disagree on certain 
issues, and this is just one of them.
*smile* everyone have a good night and will ask jen to keep you all 
posted... for now, it is back to bed for me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Mlssl] Accessible Devices KNFB reader on a nokia cell phone


> Oh oh.  There's a deafening silence at the Gilley's dinner table tonight 
> hahaha.
>
>
> on 04:21 PM 2/10/2008, Jeremy Gilley said:
>
> I guess i wont state something since i am fully supporter of NFB.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jenifer Gilley
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mlssl] Accessible Devices KNFB reader on a nokia cell phone
>
> dave that's true.  if you don't support there views... watch out!
>
>
> Jenifer Gilley
> Christ came that we may have life everlasting!
>  Email:
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> msn-no email please:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On 
> Behalf Of David Stahl
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [Mlssl] Accessible Devices KNFB reader on a nokia cell phone
>
> This is nothing but a money-making scheme for the NFB!  It would be much 
> better if that proud, selfish, hypocritical organization would stop
> opposing simple things like tactually discernable currency, which would be 
> beneficial for the whole blind community, and not only those
> who can afford expensive software and other technology.  All they care 
> about is themselves, and those who support them; and as far as
> they are concerned, the rest of us can just go to hell!
> April's Dave in Ohio
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cecily Ballenger
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:04 AM
> Subject: FW: [Mlssl] Accessible Devices KNFB reader on a nokia cell phone
>
>
>
> BALTIMORE (AP) - Chris Danielsen fidgets with the cell phone, holding it
> over a $20 bill.
>
>
>
> "Detecting orientation, processing U.S. currency image," the phone says
> in a flat monotone before Danielsen snaps a photo. A few seconds later,
> the phone says, "Twenty dollars."
>
>
>
> Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation of the Blind, is
> holding the next generation of computerized aids for the blind and
> visually impaired.
>
>
>
> The Nokia cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on
> photographed documents into speech. In addition to telling whether a
> bill is worth $1, $5, $10 or $20, it also allows users to read anything
> that is photographed, whether it's a restaurant menu, a phone book or a
> fax.
>
>
>
> While the technology is not new, the NFB and the software's developer
> say the cell phone is the first to incorporate the text-to-speech
> ability.
>
>
>
> "We've had reading devices before," Danielsen said, noting similar
> software is already available in a larger handheld reader housed in a
> personal digital assistant. Companies such as Code Factory SL, Dolphin
> Computer Access Ltd. and Nuance Communications Inc. also provide
> software that allows the blind to use cell phones and PDAs.
>
>
>
> Inexpensive hand-held scanners such as WizCom Technologies Ltd.'s
> SuperPen can scan limited amounts of text, read it aloud and even
> translate from other languages.
>
>
>
> However, the $2,100 NFB device combines all of those functions in one
> smart phone, said James Gashel, vice president of business development
> for K-NFB Reading Technology Inc., which is marketing the phone as a
> joint venture between the federation and software developer Ray
> Kurzweil.
>
>
>
> "It is the next step, but this is a huge leap," Gashel, who is blind,
> said in a telephone interview. "I'm talking to you on the device I also
> use to read things. I can put it in my pocket and at the touch of a
> button, in 20 seconds, be reading something I need to read in print."
>
>
>
> Ray Kurzweil, who developed the first device that could convert text
> into audio in the 1970s and the current NFB device, said portability is
> only the first step. Future versions of the device will recognize faces,
> identify rooms and translate text from other languages for the blind and
> the sighted.
>
>
>
> The inventor plans to begin marketing the cell phone in February through
> K-NFB Reading Technology. The software will cost $1,595 and the cell
> phone is expected to cost about $500, Kurzweil said.
>
>
>
> Dave Doermann, president of College Park-based Applied Media Analysis
> said his company is working on similar software for smart phones that
> could be used by the military for translation and by the visually
> impaired.
>
>
>
> "We don't anticipate ours being that expensive, but unfortunately we're
> not quite to the release yet," said Doermann, who is also co-director of
> the University of Maryland's Laboratory for Language and Media
> Processing.
>
>
>
> Doermann said the company, which has received funding from the
> Department of Defense and the National Eye Institute, hopes to have its
> software ready in the next 12 to 18 months.
>
>
>
> Kurzweil's device uses speech software provided by Nuance, said Chris
> Strammiello, the director of product management at Nuance, who said the
> company has also developed a prototype reader that uses the Internet to
> access more powerful server-side computers.
>
>
>
> "As you can harness the power of remote environments and do that so
> quickly with the Web technologies, it gives a lot more capability,
> flexibility and options to the way you solve these type of problems,"
> Strammiello said.
>
>
>
> There are about 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the
> U.S., a number that is expected to double in the next 30 years as baby
> boomers age.
>
>
>
> Kurzweil said those with vision problems are not the only ones expected
> to benefit from the technology. Dyslexics, for example, are expected to
> be among the users of the current device because of its ability to
> highlight each word as it's read aloud, helping them cope with their
> disability, which affects the ability to read. The highlighting function
> can also help them improve their reading skills, he said.
>
>
>
> "What's new here is both blind people and kids can do this with a device
> that fits in their shirt pocket," Kurzweil said.
>
>
>
> Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind, said the
> device and its PDA predecessor are a "form of hand-held vision" that
> will make the visual environment "much more readily available to the
> blind."
>
>
>
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