During the KNFB Reader launch, when people were proclaiming $100 to be completely outrageous, someone posted a list of the various scanning/text recognition systems through the years, from the first Kurzweil reader that was about the size of a washing machine and cost maybe $30,000, to the various PC-based solutions costing a couple thousand, and now, to the current app that costs $100 and can work better than any previous unit on a lowly pocket-sized iPod touch. We now have in a $400 package that fits in a pocket a much faster and more accurate solution than just a few years ago. This trend will only continue!
I wish I had that tweet containing the various years and prices; it really made the point quite well.
At 11:50 PM 7/30/2015, you wrote:
While it was Richard Petty who recommended it, I did a little research because of Mark's question about why it costs so much.
The hard cover print edition is $41.83 on Amazon.
Its shipping weight is 7.5 pounds.
It is 2112 pages.
This app says it contains everything that is in the print edition.
About 20 years ago, Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition that was 21 print volumes, was about $900 in print, became available for $130 on a CD Rom.
Granted the OED 2nd edition had over six hundred thousand words, the cost of dictionaries have dropped dramatically.
What you are paying for is the linguistic expertees that goes into the research on the history and usage of the words.
According to Mr. Petty, the American Heritage app is quite accessible with VoiceOver.
Just my two cents worth.
Richard
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