tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post5925934750052487260..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Portable, Speaking Currency Reader for the BlindHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-62613390734709691952007-12-12T20:53:00.000-05:002007-12-12T20:53:00.000-05:00Thanks, liuxu, for dropping by. (Incidentally, it'...Thanks, liuxu, for dropping by. (Incidentally, it's December 2007, almost a year to the day after the post was published. I had forgotten but Google remembered.)<BR/>The issue seems to have vanished so I guess common sense and technology have prevailed. And the camera/cell phone info is great. Technology seems to have no limits. Yesterday I heard about a phone-based feature that one can dial and send a text message or email by speaking. The service makes a transcript of your spoken word and sends it to your pre-selected list of recipients.Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-80155523167706986852007-12-11T13:51:00.000-05:002007-12-11T13:51:00.000-05:00In fact, a separate device in not necessary. A cam...In fact, a separate device in not necessary. A camera phone is good enough to read notes. Check out this video demo:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?<BR/>v=teSDq_XkIE8<BR/><BR/>by the way, the link to sforth.com seems to be broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-61889971813567741112006-12-17T00:41:00.000-05:002006-12-17T00:41:00.000-05:00As a blind adult, I definitely agree with you and ...As a blind adult, I definitely agree with you and the minority on this. All the lawsuit does is make blind people look bad by assuming that we need accomidations for everything in life. The only thing that bothers me is the high price of the Note Teller and other similar units. Mind you, I basically trust everyone and haven't resorted to such a device, yet. There is also free software from <a href=http://www.kurzweiledu.com>Kurzweil</a> that lets you identify bills using a scanner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com