Being, "in the business" so to speak, Johnnie, I can confirm that the main market these days for standalone reading systems are the elderly who have no desire to get into computing. Certainly that is very much the case here in the U.K. They just want a simple device, with as few buttons as possible, to read a book, or some letters and such like. Sure it's expensive, but then again it's a low volume product my comparison to main stream devices. It has a place, and it will sell - quite well. George. -----Original Message----- From: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of david poehlman Sent: 18 November 2004 00:13 To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guispeak] Re: SARA Well, it's a sooped up cd player because for a lot less money, if you have a pc, you can get what you need to do your scanning and ocr and guess what, you can already play cds on your pc. Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "beth" <fb-oe@xxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:32 PM Subject: [guispeak] SARA It's much more than a souped-up CD player, it scans and reads. How accurately remains to be seen. Has accuracy improved in the last five years? I'm also interested in Pulse Data's ScanaR. Anyone use that? Beth This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq