[bookshare-discuss] Re: scanners
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 22:48:02 -0500
Hi, Sandy! You can upgrade to Kurzweil from OpenBook and get a good
discount. Call them at 800-894-5374, and someone will give you the details.
Take care!
Jana
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From: "Sandra E. Smith" <sandy.knits@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:39 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: scanners
> Guido, a friend said that he thinks I can trade my Open Book license in to
> Kurzweil and get a discount on the Kurzweil product. Do you have any idea
> if this is correct? How is Kurzweil's tech support? Thanks.
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> Sandy
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:52 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: scanners
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> Sandy, try Kurzweil 1000 scanning program and a 3170 Epson scanner. In
> general, stay away from all-in-one printers/scanners: they tend to have
> lowergrade optical sensors and are not known for good compatibility with
> adaptive scanning software.
> Kurzweil is at 800-894-5374.
> Guido
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> Guido D. Corona
> IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
> IBM Research,
> Phone: (512) 838-9735
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at:
> http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html
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> 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
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> 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,
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