It's still anecdotal. Show me the testing procedures and protocols used. An unsubstantiated statistic is worthless no matter who proclaims it. Nick On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:56:34 -0400, Anthony Vece wrote: Hi Nick; I know this gentlemen. We went to school together and his use of adaptive equipment is second to none. Anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Camera That Talks >I wouldn't take an anecdotal unsubstantiated statistic like that with >anything more than a grain of salt. There were no sorts of control >conditions, or suite of > documents on which this number out of the air was taken. Learning to > maintain a focal length distance, and compensate for ambient lighting > conditions isn't > intuitive, or non trivial in terms of requisite patience and practice, > especially considering the universe of print against which one is also > placing their ability to > handle the afore mentioned variables. > > Nick > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:48:58 -0700, Linda Gehres wrote: > > Holy smokes, 40% error rate? Wow, that's worse than either Kurzweil or > Arkenstone scanning programs currently on computers, isn't it? Or does it > depend primarily on the type of print one is attempting to read? > > Linda G. > > > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 7/4/2006 > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.