Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Stewart Granted, I have used these for many years, and am rather good at the brightness level adjustments, but, when properly trained, the recognition wait time is less than 15 seconds depending on the material being scanned. Which is the key, there are options for different kinds of materials

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Granted YouTube is not a platform I can reach, but that makes me happy. The technology established the bar for ocr which speaking personally, has not been matched. may keep this link in case the source knows where I can find a spare. My spare got damaged, and I let a friend's son try to repai

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
On Sat., May 29, 2021, 07:37 Mike Kallies via talk, wrote: > > It's approached as a gadget guy, so no deep dives, but he demos it and > gets into a bit of the history and the warts of the aging machines. > He's the only person I've seen demo one who included and commented on the recognition wait

[GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Mike Kallies via talk
Hey Everyone, These came up recently on the list and coincidentally there's a great Youtuber (Techmoan) who just did a piece on the devices, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0jECuwrn_U It's approached as a gadget guy, so no deep dives, but he demos it and gets into a bit of the history and t