Thanks Anne for your very helpful observations about this item. If I only read documents and pieces that are only a few pages or less, and not books, will the stand be sufficient? Is it still the best item for this kind of reading?
Thanks, Paul > On Feb 24, 2016, at 07:01, Anne Robertson <annefromo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Sandy, > > The book reading aid is the device I’ve been wanting for as long as I’ve had > OCR on the iPhone. I can sit in an armchair with the Fopydo on my lap and a > book open in front of me and read comfortably. The StandScan Pro needs to sit > on a firm base, and there’s nothing to hold a book open properly. > > These days, I hardly ever use a flatbed scanner since the Fopydo and the > iPhone are so convenient to use. > > So, in my opinion, the Fopydo with Book Reading Aid is the best scanning and > OCR solution. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 24 Feb 2016, at 11:21, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone >> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> hi Anne, >> just wanting your opinion here: I have a stand scan pro and find it very >> usable portable et cetera, but because people seem so happy with the book >> reading aid of the foPydo device, I am considering purchasing it. do you >> think the book reading aid is so good that it outweighs the fact that there >> is no lighting provided with this stand? I don't wish to purchase extra >> things unless they will provide me with increased functionality. so, in >> short, is the book reading aid plus stand a deal breaker? >> >> thanks in advance for your words of wisdom, >> Sandy >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 22 Feb 2016, at 21:07, Anne Robertson <annefromo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> The Fopydo stand wasn’t originally designed for blind people so it looks >>> modern and is made of modern materials. The Book Reading Aid was designed >>> for us and, in my opinion, it’s the best solution for reading print books. >>> >>> I wish this kind of thing had existed forty years ago when I was doing my >>> degree, but back then, iPhones, and even laptop computers, were the stuff >>> of science fiction. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 22 Feb 2016, at 21:16, Dionipher Herrera <dionip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> how dows the stand look like? because i don’t wan’t to look like nerd when >>>> i’m in school. >>>>> Il giorno 22 feb 2016, alle ore 17:14, Larry Lumpkin >>>>> <llump...@austin.rr.com> ha scritto: >>>>> >>>>> no >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>> Behalf Of Chris Chaffin >>>>> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 10:12 AM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: tips on using KNFB reader >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does the Fopydo Stand have built in lights? >>>>> Just asking because I know light can have a big effect on OCR results. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Chris Chaffin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 22, 2016, at 7:16 AM, Anne Robertson <annefromo...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Dionipher, >>>>>> >>>>>> The easiest way to get good results every time with KNFBReader is to buy >>>>>> the Fopydo stand with Book Reading Aid. It holds the phone in exactly >>>>>> the right position for the book or sheet of paper, and the Book Reading >>>>>> Aid holds the book open so that you can scan both pages at once. You >>>>>> need to set the Document Type to Multiple Columns when scanning books. >>>>>> The Fopydo is lightweight and folds almost flat. 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