Hi, If you are going with OpenBook, you might want to consider the Pearl. It’s a camera on a stand, and in conjunction with OpenBook, works really well. It takes a picture of the page and sends it to OpenBook for the OCR. Within seconds of taking the picture you will hear the page being read to you. I’m not sure what it sells for now… when I bought mine 5 years ago the Pearl camera was $650… I already owned OpenBook. I think FS has a combo price if you buy both together, but it’s still quite expensive.
HTH Russell > On Jun 25, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Michal Nowicki via Jfw <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Carolyn, > > I am by no means an expert on scanners, but whatever you get, you need to > understand that scanning requires both hardware (the scanner) and software > (a computer program that makes use of the scanner). OpenBook is not a > scanner. Instead, it is scanning and OCR software that works with many > scanners. > > If I understand your post correctly, you are considering purchasing an > all-in-one printer, fax, and scanner. While such products work great for > sighted individuals, I'm not sure how many of them, if any, can be operated > nonvisually. For example, I know that some all-in-one devices have an > inaccessible touch screen, and it is not possible to control them from a > computer. That said, it may be better for you to buy two or three pieces of > equipment if, of course, you can afford it. I also recommend scanners with > an automatic feeder. > > I hope this helps, and I'm sorry I cannot provide specific advice (e.g. > with regards to device models). > > Michal > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold > via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:49 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Carolyn Arnold > Subject: Scanners. > > When I get my new computer at the end of the year or beginning of next, I > intend to get a printer with fax and scanning capability. > > So, I'm wondering, as a totally blind user of JAWS, is there a special > scanner I have to get for it to be accessible? Are some scanners out there > more accessible than others? > > What is Open Book? I have heard of it. Would I be limited to getting that or > something like that? > > Thanks. > > "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." Henry Ford. > > Carolyn > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201506 > 25/3bf180e6/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
