Hi,

How many cheaper alternatives are there?  What do you use now for your OCR 
needs?

Ricardo Walker
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On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote:

> Hi.
> I'd consider paying for DocuScan if it was $100 cheeper. This would account 
> for the licensing of the OCR, and the blindness related features. As a 
> college student with no funding, $100 goes a long way.
> 
> On 2011-04-29, at 1:24 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
> 
>> WHat do you feel is a fair price? This is a serious question. I have read a 
>> number of messages where people have said the cost is to high. SO, what is a 
>> fair price? What about the cost of a product like ABBYY Fine Reader at $100. 
>> Is that a fair price? How do you equate a fair price based on features?
>> 
>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Tony Hernandez wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi. 
>>> 
>>> I think looking at this price in a positive light just because it's lower is
>>> what keeps the prices high. It's accepted.
>>> 
>>> Tony Hernandez
>>> http://dutyofman.net/
>>> Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His
>>> commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every
>>> work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether
>>> it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Howell
>>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 5:48 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on
>>> the mac app store.
>>> 
>>> Be nice if they would toss in the camera for a few dollars more. :) I gather
>>> with the camera it would be almost $500. I would like to see a demo on the
>>> Mac actually. THis is certainly a better deal than most other products on
>>> the market that are geared toward the blind and visually impaired user. Now
>>> I may also be wrong, but didn't the $299 also give you access to the
>>> web-based product and something on the iOS platform> assuming that becomes
>>> available?
>>> 
>>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Kevin
>>>> I made a quick test this morning with my canon lide 100 and it worked.
>>>> Now it is intresting to see if it can make something readable out of
>>>> swedish text. If so I deffently gonna buy this. More simple  solution
>>>> than use vuescan, to abbyy, and to textedit wich works well but very
>>>> much work to get a document scanned.
>>>> Regards Tony
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 2011/4/29, Kevin Reeves <[email protected]>:
>>>>> Hey folks. SO glad to see this is finally available on the mac. One
>>> question
>>>>> comes to mind as I am not as familiar with this product. Does this only
>>> work
>>>>> with cameras like the hover cam, or can I use it with a cheap Canoscan
>>> 25?
>>>>> Thanks so much.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kevin
>>>>> On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Andy Baracco wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Still cheaper than the other blindness oriented OCR solutions, such as
>>>>>> K1000, Open Book, Eye-Pal, etc.
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> P. S. I wonder if they are considering doing something for the iPhone.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:06 PM
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> mac app store.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello Listers.
>>>>>> DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store.
>>>>>> Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it.
>>>>>> Hope this actually benefits someone.
>>>>>> the Infuriated Matt Campbell.
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>>>> Blog och info om it och teknik för synskadade.
>>>> www.tbteknik.se
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