Text Cloaner, which is much cheaper will work, smile, as will Fine Reader both are much cheaper than kurzweil, though they don't have all the good features that Kurzweil has either. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:50 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for validators I don't think it's the cost of a scanner that holds people back; it's the cost of a good scanning program with Kurzweil costing almost $1000; this can be a hardship for many would-be scanners. This is no way to be considered a negative comment about Kurzweil, as in fact they are very generous in giving copies of their program to award-winning college students as well as at conventions for advertising purposes. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/456 - Release Date: 9/25/2006 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.