OK, Sam Jewel has now created a Giraffe Reader stand that will fit the iPhone with the Otterbox Defender case.
I'm impressed with the ease of assembly, once someone with more sense than I (my wife in this case) figured out how to unfold it and put it in position to hold the phone I was able to get a couple very good scans. I received the Giraffe Reader on August 11. I've been rather busy at work and not had much time to do comparisons. Yesterday, I scanned a 4 page document with Openbook and the Pearl camera. I then scanned the same four page document with prizmo and the Giraffe Reader. I made sure the document was lined up at the base of the Pearl camera so it was centered. I made sure the document was lined up with the edge of the platform on the Giraffe Reader. This was in my office with the overhead lights on. The Giraffe Reader was about 3 feet away from where the Pearl is set up on my desk. When I finished the scans, I exported the prizmo document as a text file. I saved the Openbook copy as a word document. When I opened them in Word 2013, the Prizmo/Giraffe Reader copy had a grand total of one error. The Openbook and Pearl copy had at least 20. I hope to have time to do more comparisons with the same document and the StandScan and other documents, but my first impression s are very positive for the Giraffe Reader and Prizmo. For those who do not know what the Giraffe Reader is, it is a portable stand for the iPhone that folds up quite nicely. It is made out of a plastic material that feels like corrugated cardboard, but is far more durable than that. It folds up smaller than the StandScan and is many times easier to fold and unfold. There are no lights, so it will depend on room light or the flash on the iPhone. You can read more about it and watch a video about it with Sam Jewel explaining how to unfold it at: http://www.giraffe-reader.com/ The web site shows an Introductory price of $54.50 US, or £32 Free shipping to blind users. HTH, Richard -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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