Hi, My recommendation would be to get K1000, as the stand-allone units are designed for older people who want to read books etc. They lack the controls you come to expect from Kurzweil et al, such as searching, saving as standard files etc. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali Sent: 24 December 2004 10:03 To: access Subject: [access-uk] software or standalone ocr? Hello all and Merry Christmas. I am starting with my new job in the new year and I need some advice on OCRs. The local authority that I will be working for uses mixture of windows 2000 and XP. I know I can get jaws work with these operating systems. My question is either to get software based OCR and a scanner, such as Kurzweil, or one of those standalone reading units. I have used software OCRS, but have never tried standalone units before. In this job, I will be doing quite a lot reading and research. I will also be moving to different departments every six months. If the suggestion is to get a standalone units, I really need recommendations please. Thank you for your help. Merry Christmas to you all. Ali LL.B ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq