lol! lol!

At 05:46 PM 2/10/2008, you wrote:
>Oh oh.  There's a deafening silence at the Gilley's dinner table 
>tonight hahaha.
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>on 04:21 PM 2/10/2008, Jeremy Gilley said:
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>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!
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>Jenifer Gilley
>Christ came that we may have life everlasting!
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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
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>BALTIMORE (AP) - Chris Danielsen fidgets with the cell phone, holding it
>over a $20 bill.
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>"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."
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>Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation of the Blind, is
>holding the next generation of computerized aids for the blind and
>visually impaired.
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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."
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>"What's new here is both blind people and kids can do this with a device
>that fits in their shirt pocket," Kurzweil said.
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>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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