Hi, I suggest you contact the place from where you bought your braille note from, or your nearest braille note distributer , For myself I bought it from Pulsedata Europe in the uk for about £1600. about 3 years ago. hth, Sylvia.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robert Acosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 11:23:00 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] scannr >Hello Sylvia, >Greatr discussion here. how much does the scanner cost? Is it found on the >Pulsedate website and can i buy it on-line? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sylvia Grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:25 AM >Subject: re: [Braillenote] scannr >> Hi Lisa see below for answers to your questions. >> 1. I saw on the PDI Web site that the Scannar'r has voice recognition >capabilities something about you speak into a microphone. (question) >> How quickly does the ScannarR become accustomed to your voice? (answer) >immediately. (question) Why do you speak into a microphone instead of >input the information on a keypad or something? (answer) Microphone is >inbuilt and is for you to give a subject line only of the paper which is >being scanned. it is also for if you ever wanted to retrieve that paper >from the scannar'r which in itself is a computer. >> 2. Does the Scannar'r come with a manual in Braille or other >alternative formats? (answer) yes it comes in braille and is also on the >scannar'r itself, which I scanned on to my braille note so that I could do a >task switch if needs be for research if braille copy was not with me at the >time. >> 3. Does the Scannar'r come out with new updated versions to make the >ScannarR better at OCR? Not sure what you mean here, but at one time my >scannar'r had to have a new tube in and I noticed the updated version had >been installed, but what I can say is that the scannar'r I have has been >used throughout the updated versions of the keysoft , so no problem there. >> 4. Does the ScannarR have the ability to change things like read in >columns change the contrast etc. (answer) Yes the scannar'r reads in column >mode, paragraphs or line modes etc. It reads coloured paper easily and I >have not had to change any density at all. It even reads things if on an >angle! >> 5. Does the ScannarR come with specific cables to hook it up to the >Braillenote? Yes it comes with its own little cable which plugs into the >serial port (the little one at the far left of the back of braille note) >> 6. Can you use the Braillenote while scanning so the Braillenote can >read what the ScannarR shows? (answer) you read what it scans first then if >you decide to save it you press the appropriate buttons on scannar'r which >then ask you if you wish to send to your braille note and after pressing the >correct buttons on scannar'r you hear a little burp and hey presto its in >your braille note. it then shows up in your bn as a document number in the >reader folder which it creates if not already created, as numbers and is in >text format which if you want can be translated into keyword. >> 7. What do you personally use the Scannar'r for? I use it every day to >read my mail, letters and invoices, read a couple of books which I scanned >but don't do much scanning as I have many books and magazines in braille. >> 8. Does the ScannarR just do typewritten documents like can it scan >handwritten documents? [answer) Most scanners cannot read hand writing in >fact I don't know of any but I must just say that I put a hand written >document on the scannar'r and it read enough for me to get the jist of it, >as it was in very neat Capital block letters. >> 7. If you scan a book on the Scannar'r can you have it somehow scan the >pages of the book like you manually turn the pages and it scans them and >then later it goes through the input process? (answer) yes you can do it >either way by scanning then when ever it suits you, then put into the >braille note. >> 8. Have you had previous experiences with others scanners? If so which >ones and how do whose compare to the ScannarR? (answer) I have used the >Kurzweil stand alone reading edge for the past 10 years >> and I think it is just a matter of moving on to later models. I only >have the braille note and no other computers and if I can use the scanner >and braille note together and I am no young chick, then you will find it a >breeze to use. >> Hth Sylvia. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: Lisa Ehlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:57:08 +1000 (GMT-10) >>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] scannr >>>Hi Sylvia, >>>I have some questions about the ScanR. >>>1. I saw on the PDI Web site that the ScanR has voice recognition >capabilities something about you speak into a microphone. How quickly does >the ScanR become accustomed to your voice? Why do you speak into a >microphone instead of input the information on a keypad or something? >>>2. Does the ScanR come with a manual in Braille or other alternative >formats? >>>3. Does the ScanR come out with new updated versions to make the ScanR >better at OCR? >>>4. Does the ScanR have the ability to change things like read in columns >change the contrast etc. >>>5. Does the ScanR come with specific cables to hook it up to the >Braillenote? >>>6. Can you use the Braillenote while scanning so the Braillenote can >read what the ScanR shows? >>>7. What do you personally use the ScanR for? >>>8. Does the ScanR just do typewritten documents like can it scan >handwritten documents? >>>7. If you scan a book on the ScanR can you have it somehow scan the >pages of the book like you manually turn the pages and it scans them and >then later it goes through the input process? >>>8. Have you had previous experiences with others scanners? If so which >ones and how do whose compare to the ScanR? I have used Open Book >previously. >>>The reason I am considering purchasing the ScanR is that I don't have a >computer here and sometimes wish I had the ScanR. >>>Thank you for your time and your assistance. >>>Lisa >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
