[bksvol-discuss] FYI: Fwd: Fw: AdvantEdge Reader for the Blind
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- Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 23:30:25 -0700 (PDT)
--- Louise <bookscanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Louise" <bookscanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Louise Gourdoux" <bookscanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fw: AdvantEdge Reader for the Blind
> Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 20:57:59 -0500
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>
>
> The Fred's Head Companion
> Wednesday, May 03, 2006
>
> AdvantEdge Reader for the Blind
>
> By Michael McCarty
>
> The Assistive Technology Center in Sacramento has
> announced the release of a
> complete portable scan-and-read system for the blind
> and print challenged.
>
> The system, named the "AdvantEdge Reader", combines
> several mainstream and
> adaptive technologies in order to achieve the goal
> of a pocket scan and read
> solution.
>
> The AdvantEdge Reader is the essence of simplicity.
> The user merely inserts
> the material to be read into the scanner. The
> material is scanned,
> recognized, converted into readable format, and read
> automatically. There
> are no other steps.
>
> ATC has, for several years, been adapting scanners
> for use by the blind.
> Most recently, ATC has adapted the Visioneer strobe
> scanner. This is a tiny,
> portable scanner. The problem has been finding a
> small enough device to host
> the conversion and speech programs.
>
> This is where the SmallTalk computer comes in.
> SmallTalk is a hand held uPC
> enhanced with the screen reading software "Window
> Eyes", by GW Micro, an
> Indiana corporation of some stature in the blindness
> field.
>
> Assistive Technology Center took the modified Strobe
> Scanner, figured out
> how to install it onto the SmallTalk, and then added
> the proper recognition
> program and hardware driver to create the AdvantEdge
> Reader.
>
> The best part is that, in addition to being the
> first portable scan and read
> system, the AdvantEdge Reader is also a full Windows
> XP computer. The Reader
> has a docking cable that allows it to be used as a
> desktop computer
> replacement. The docking cable connects to an
> external monitor, printer,
> network, keyboard, firewire devices, and more.
> Additionally, the Reader
> features internal Bluetooth and Wireless LAN
> technology.
>
> To order, or for more information, please contact
> the Assistive Technology
> Center via phone at 916-381-5011, or e-mail
> sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> posted by Michael McCarty at 1:24 PM
>
>
>
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