Re: cost of open book
Dennis L <dennisl1982@...>
Better cameras that's why Sent from my Android phone
using Aqua Mail On September 12, 2017 6:00:15 PM "Josh Kennedy" <joshknnd1982@...> wrote:
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Re: cost of open book
Josh Kennedy
I had one of the older nokia n86 phones with knfb on it. got it
off ebay for maybe $200 or so. That was a good many years ago. I
never could get very good results with it either. For some reason
the android phones and iPhones seem to work lots better with knfb
reader.
On 9/12/2017 5:30 PM, Pamela Dominguez
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Lenron
you can't say they won't ever use that space. I have a 64 gb IPhone
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and I have ran out of space a couple times. Do you also forget some people take lots of pictures and 4K video is a thing as well. Not everyone wants to keep everything in the cloud. Also I see nothing wrong with face id, I am happy with using a device that has touch id for now but who knows I might not always feel this way.
On 9/12/17, Jeffrey Schwartz <jeffreyschwartz0238@...> wrote:
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Re: cost of open book
Carlos
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I remember being one of the first to be trained
on that huge Kurzweil reading machine when we got one at the public
library.
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Re: cost of open book
Jeffrey Schwartz
I had the first KNFBdevice when I was working. I found it to be virtually useless, even for scanning currency. At that time it cost over two thousand bucks. I think that Kurzweil is a pioneer. He invented the first scanner/ocr It was the size of a washing machine and was only found in libraries, but he was the only one to conceptualize such a device for the blind and make one. Jeff
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Carlos
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:02 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] cost of open book
Are you using KNFB Reader? If not, that will make a huge difference. KNFB Reader is almost considered the gold standard when scanning with a smart phone these days.
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Re: cost of open book
Carlos
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Part of the problem may also be your camera.
Feature phones often have less advanced/lower quality cameras than the ones
included in most smart phones.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Jeffrey Schwartz
There are people on the net who buy them, do any repairs necessary and sell
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them to people looking for a bargain. If I were in the market for an Iphone, I would go to one of these sights and get the last version for a huge savings. Most of the Iphone imnprovements are bogus. We will have people standing in line to pay two hundred for facial recognition and more space which they will never use. Jeff
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:07 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote: Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to What happens to those old phones anyway. I always wondered that.
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Re: cost of open book
Pamela Dominguez
Yes; that’s what I have. I don’t have a smart phone; I have the n95,
but it has the KNFB mobile reader. That’s why I bought it.
Otherwise, I would have a much simpler phone. Pam.
Are you using KNFB Reader? If not, that will
make a huge difference. KNFB Reader is almost considered the gold standard
when scanning with a smart phone these days.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote:
I've seen my brother get a couple of That's the phone I have. Got it in 2015 and it still works great. I found a driver/assistant last week and she has an eyephone. I told her I would have to start burning sage every time she came over here because, until she showed up, nothing Apple has ever oozed into my house. My house will now need purifying.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Carlos
Right, but that's when being able to trade them in for newer models at a discounted price comes in handy. I've seen my brother get a couple of Samsung Galaxies for $200. One for himself and one for his girlfriend who is on his plan.
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From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson_3182@...> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote: If you don't have $700 to Yes but a car and/or a house can appreciate in value. Phones are outdated in three years lol. Anyway I don't care one way or the other. This is just a fun discussion for me.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Cristóbal
Correction. Looks like the 256 model is $150 more. Either way, if you’re in for $700, then going the extra $150 for a much larger amount of storage is the more cost effective move. And again, beats the prices the 16 GB iPhones used to go for. They’ve in short lowered their prices, not by actually lowering the price, but scaling up what you get for the price points you’re used to paying by now.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cristóbal
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:08 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
They start at $699.00 actually. Back in the day the 16 GB model cost you $650.00 but now for $50 more, you can get 64 GB which used to be the max size and for $100 more, you can get four times the storage. Not to mention all the extra technology that is now included with these models. So yeah, try again.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one.
Gerald
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Pamela Dominguez
Most people don't notice that, or they don't seem to care, as long as they don't see the price all at once. Pam.
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From: Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:01 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote: Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote:
If you don't have $700 to Yes but a car and/or a house can appreciate in value. Phones are outdated in three years lol. Anyway I don't care one way or the other. This is just a fun discussion for me.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Carlos
And the fact is that as with many expensive items, what is most cost effective is not necessarily most realistic. If you don't have $700 to spend out of pocket, then you don't have it. If you don't have $30000 to spend for that new car, then you pay it off over a period of time despite interest rates as most people do.
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From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson_3182@...> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote: Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Jeffrey Schwartz
I’m only enthused with Apple re the price of their stock which my wife has in her IRA. I think that their products, save price, are good for the sighted. My brother who is a no b.s. IT guy who has a pc and an I phone which for him is a pc in his pocket. The new android phones seem as good to me, simply seeing friends use them Jeff
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Carlos
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4:58 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
When are you going to get it through your head that many people, blind or otherwise, are not paying for the full price of an iPhone out of pocket? No matter how many times it has been explained, you keep harping on this point. Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider. Not that I'm an Apple fan myself, but it makes no sense to stubbornly cling to a misconception which has been explained over and over.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Cristóbal
Secondary market baby. Overseas or resold as refurbs or in bulk to corporate
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or the government.
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:07 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote: Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to What happens to those old phones anyway. I always wondered that.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Cristóbal
They start at $699.00 actually. Back in the day the 16 GB model cost you $650.00 but now for $50 more, you can get 64 GB which used to be the max size and for $100 more, you can get four times the storage. Not to mention all the extra technology that is now included with these models. So yeah, try again.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 1:46 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one.
Gerald
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote:
Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to trade in What happens to those old phones anyway. I always wondered that.
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Re: Cost of New IPhone
Carlos
Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to trade in your outdated model for a significantly discounted price as newer models are released.
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From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson_3182@...> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@...> wrote: Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet.
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Feature phones.
Carolyn Arnold
Do any of you know where I can get a feature phone with GSM
capability, so that we can get Consumer Cellular service. They have excellent plans and good service, but no text to speech feature phones. I called Amazon, and the guy looked but was unable to find one. Would you believe that Maxi-Aids does not have any? Independent Living says that they are getting one at the end of the month that is, even reads the battery level, which my CDMA LG does not. But, the thing would cost $299. So my question is, where can I look please? I did check with Accessible Electronics, because they have such excellent service, but they do not have feature phones that have GSM, only CDMA. I hope someone can point me in the right direction. Is there a way to contact LG or Samsung? I am not understanding why this has to be like brain surgery. Thanks for any help. Best from, Carolyn
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