That leaves you with K1000 which has Great tech support, or, off-the-shelf, OmniPage or Fine Reader. I've never heard anyone talk about the tech support for these last. For K1000, there's a list for discussion and features suggestions as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra E. Smith" <sandy.knits@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 7:30 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] scanners > I thought perhaps some of you veteran scanners could advise me here. I > have a computer I bought a few months ago with Windows XP; I am running > Window-Eyes and Open Book, the latest version, whatever that is. The old > scanner I have is just not working. I want to buy a new scanner. Is there > one any of you would recommend? Is there such a thing as a scanner that > also is a printer? This may opening up a can of worms here, but I am > wondering if any of you have recently used scanning programs other than Open > Book and what your experience has been. I am, to say the least, not > pleased with Freedom Scientifics' tech support, and would like to get away > from that company. If you would prefer to write to me privately about this, > please do so at > > sandy.knits@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Sandy > > > >