The new way folks are doing this is with a program on a phone. It's called KNFB reader. You take a photo with your phone and the soft where will then read it to you. If I can find a demo of it being used I'll post it. hahaha smile I'll also do the talks demo for you all soon. Ta Scott. -----Original Message----- From: elaine nutley - Email Address: e.nutley@xxxxxxx Sent On: 30/08/2009 18:43 Sent To: Guide Chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] Hand held scanner. Hello All, Does anyone know if there is a hand held scanner, on the market, which you could take out and about with you, which would read text etc. elaine