Thanks. Not personally in the market for a new scanner right now. I was a
huge fan of HP printers and scanners for decades. I had gotten frustrated
with the poor quality of the paper feeder on the HP home All-In-One printers
recently. The last OfficeJet I had was so terrible that my wife refused to
fax anything with it and drove to CVS and pay to send a fax! I was not able
to use the feeder at all! My Epson Artisan 810 has a great feeder. It has
never failed, even on large documents. It is networked and also has a
flatbed scanner. I have been using it heavily to send and receive faxes,
scan and print. The software is not impressive and they have no direct
support for Linux. It is a great device for me, but might not be perfect
for most blind users. I would like to find a mid to low range device that
has a sturdy feeder and is accessible to the blind, both in software and
operation. I am not sure many users need the powerhouse you have but I am
looking around for something to recommend.
Don Marang
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From: "mark Torgerson" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:48 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] OCR Software and Scanner
RecommendationsNeeded
Hi Don Marang,
I really don't know if they only come with the high end HP scanners.
My
impression was that they were standard features. The trick is that most
often as a blind person we only install the drivers so that we can use our
OCR software. In this case one needs to install all the software that
comes
with the scanner. Also, a person can down load most of the software for
one's scanner from HP. I would definitely contact HP and find out if the
scanner I was wanting to buy came with the "HP Smart Document Scan
Software". If it does then with a little adjusting to fit one's needs you
are good to go.
God bless,
Mark
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