Hi Terry, The reason I got the scan'r" was because I do not know computers at all. This stands alone. What is the hand held scan'r you mentioned. Linda Paul
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Powers, Terry \(NIH/OD/DEAS\) [E]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:20:37 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] scanning >Hi Andy; >Please explain yourself a little better. You are not making much sence to me. > You can not scan with just a computer, alone. I have open Book at work and >never got real good at It. I need Open Book and my computer to be able to >scan. >>From what I understand, Scan R, will scan and some how the imfo can be >>transfered, I guess by cf card to the braille note. >No matter what, I would need Open book, Scan R or curswile, how ever it is >spelled. I was also thinking of their hand held unit, shown at National. >Terry Powers >-----Original Message----- >From: Baracco, Andrew W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:39 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] scanning >I agree with Richard. The stand alone units were designed for a niche >market, namely people who only want to read, and do not want or need any >additional computer functionality. If you already have a PC, you have >no need for such a device. And, a PC with OCR software will still be >less expensive than one of these devices. >Andy >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
