Actually, David, I'd have to disagree. This may be one of those subjective things that's different for different people. But I used an Optacon as a kid, and with a little practice had no problem moving the device across the page. I think that for me, having the physical page as an anchor would be easier than just figuring out where in the air to let my iPhone hover. But again, this may be a subjective thing. Cheers, Donna On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:14 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, it would be much more difficult to focus than the iPhone. You need > to know where each line of text starts, and you need to track each line > precisely whilst keeping the text with as little skew as possible. If you > think the iPhone is difficult for OCR, you would find this device virtually > unusable. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 26 Feb 2014, at 12:09, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Erik, >> >> I don't think anyone would ever read War and Peace with either device, but >> it could provide an interesting alternative for short documents. Probably >> similar to Prismo and Text Grabber, but it seems it might be easier to focus >> once you got the hang of it. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Feb 25, 2014, at 11:47 AM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, I've personally been intrigued by the Ectaco C-Pen 3.5 for over >>> a year now. I haven't bought the thing because my business started to >>> impload last year around my personal problems and there was never enough >>> resources to expense the $150 unit. The reviews on it are extremely mixed >>> and I have not been able to reach the company to set up an evaluation but >>> the promo material looks pretty awsome. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >>> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> On 2014-02-25, at 11:45 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> First, forgive the cross-post and the OT post., but as I know reading is >>>>> a subject that occupies much space on both lists, it seemed appropriate >>>>> to post to both. >>>>> >>>>> Below is a link I received to an article about a new product under >>>>> development. It's a device that you wear on your finger, and then scan >>>>> across a line of text to hear it read out loud. It obviously has a ways >>>>> to go before it would be practical to use, but wow, what cool >>>>> possibilities it could open up, if the OCR capability is decent. >>>>> >>>>> http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/finger-computer-reads-books-aloud-140221.htm?utm_source=TW&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNewsSocial >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
