Have they killed off Kurzweil 1000 silently? Can't find anything on the site regarding the discontinuation of the product or any reasoning. As there are lots of OCR and reading tools in general, a lot many people will simply look at alternatives and be fine, also as it is a very expensive software. But particularly for those who are in higher education, both in a learning or teaching roles, it is surely a setback. I wish there is a way to get them to change their minds on this. I would surely want to try out Kibo for desktop. The Android product is promising, though the reading interface on the app do not seem to have many options as such. Have they integrated the Google TTS somehow on the Windows platform? That is the greatest feature in a way on Android, Google TTS provides a very functional voice to Kibo on Android. Vocalizer doesn't have as many language options on Windows, and eSpeak is not the greatest TTS option available in terms of voice quality and listening experience, and Eloquence of course have very limited language set though in my view it does remain the best TTS engine despite all the neglect that it has faced.
On 11/17/20, Pranav Lal <pranav....@gmail.com> wrote: > Mahesh, > > I agree about the use of a computer for serious work. This is why Kebo is so > promising. It works on the phone and the computer. > Imho, a mobile phone, irrespective of operating system does not cut it. > > Pranav > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> On > Behalf Of Mahesh S. Panicker > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 9:36 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] Regarding Kurzweil 1000 > > Hi Pranav, > Thank you for the response. Yes, I have been using Kibo, and it surely is > promising. I read about Kibo desktop recently, but I have tried it out only > on Android so far. > I have felt that for major educational requirements, you still need the > computer. Don't know about the iPhone environment, but text selection, and > even many other basic requirements are rather difficult on Android. By the > way, KNFB Reader on Android is an utter scam. > It is so sad that Kurzweil Educational Systems have stopped the development > of K1000. > > On 11/16/20, Pranav Lal <pranav....@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mahesh, >> >> As far as I know, k1k is no longer being developed. >> >> I use the knfb reader for my recognition needs but am keeping a close >> eye on kebo because it is moving in promising directions with respect >> to image recognition. >> >> If you are using an iPhone, voice dream reader with voice dream >> scanner may come close to what you need with note taking features etc. >> Pranav >> >> -- >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking >> of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its >> veracity; >> >> 2. 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