Re: Camera That Talks

  • From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:18:18 -0500

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.
 >
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