Hi, Sandy.
There's a problem with being at the cutting edge, the loss of blood
tends to be severe. I have yet to try any of these out, but if someone has,
or if you would, I would be most grateful to hear of the results.
http://www.brookstone.com/iconvert-ipad-scanner?bkiid=World_Landing_Page_Pri
nters___Scanners|WorldLandingWidget|771237p&catId=L2_PrintScan|L1_Electronic
s&page=featuredproduct
http://www.getdoxie.com/product/doxie-go/techspecs.html
The first is a scanner specifically for the iPad. I have no idea
whether it will work with the iPhone, power issues may stop it, or the fact
that the iPhone doesn't support the camera kit may. The next question is
whether it's accessible. Anyone's guess on that one.
The second unit will work on the iPhone, but it has defects.
Specifically, it has a fairly limited battery (100 scans, according to the
manufacturer), and it requires a WIFI SD card to work with an iPhone. Again,
whether it is accessible is anyone's guess.
As I said, if anyone has tried these, it would be good to hear of
it.
Aman
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sandy Tomkins
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 8:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Using a portable scanner with an IOS device?
Hi to all,
Talking with a friend of mine, a fellow iphone and VO user, I am looking
to investigate the possible use of one of those very small and portable
scanners together with an OCR package, such as Prizmo etc for letter/bill
reading.
Now, i knowb I have always sung the praises of Prizmo/Saytext etc, and I
still do, but I have to admit that for many of us, these camera based Apps
are not very usable. I think that two possible solutions are available to us
right now, which could make these apps more accessible to more of us. The
first would be to use a stand, such as that provided with the KNFB Reader. I
have never seen one of these and don't know if it would hold an iPhone and
so would love to know if anyone here has tried this with one of the OCR Apps
and an iphone.
The second could be to use one of those very small, almost the size of a
thick ruler, where you feed the paper into it and then it rolls it through,
scanning line by line and creating some sort of JPeg or PDF file, which we
could then use, say, prizmo, to digitalise.
At the moment, my friend, has got frustrated is thinking of one of the
horrendously, expensive adaptive tech solutions, but I feel sure there is
still a mainstream answer for her. So, does anyone have something useful to
say re a stand or a portable scanner?
Thanks, Sandy.
Sent from my iPhone
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