Hi Yamuna, Camera scanners are quite good. Ditch the Kurzweil 1000. There are add-ons for nvda that allow you to interface with scanners. Jaws does so natively I believe.
You can still buy fineReader which is the best OCR in terms of accuracy. Having said all the above, have a chat with the SaralX sales team, NAB Delhi, the people at XRCVC, who may have better ideas. I too have been looking for scanners that support at least a3 paper or cameras with a wide angle view. There are plenty of those around as well, some have been developed in India. For a4 text, phone cameras are enough. The tricky part though is mounting them and getting the lighting right. You can go for a dedicated phone scanner stand. What kinds of books do you want to read? I ask because at least for fiction, the majority of books are available on amazon kindle or are being sold by individual authors from their own bookstores. You will also want to check bookshare and our national library for the blind called Sugamya Pustakalaya. The thing about Sugamya Pustakalaya is that I cannot find the current URL for the same. The other option for you is to donate your print books to bookshare India who will transcribe them for you. I however do not know about the speed of transcription and conversion. NAB Delhi also has a team who can scan a book for you. Finally, look at the brand Cannon who do sell scanners here. A quick search lead me to the following device. https://in.canon/en/business/dr-m1060/product 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/070501da2a42%24fcce0820%24f66a1860%24%40gmail.com.
