[optacon-l] Re: scanning and reading appliance

  • From: Robert Feinstein <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: optacon list <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:59:08 -0400 (EDT)

Very well described, Mary.  Thank you.

Robert

On Fri, 13 Apr 2012, Mary Emerson wrote:

> Morning list,
> 
> SARA stands for Scanning and Reading Appliance. it's a stand-alone 
> device; most of them these days are flat bed scanners, although the 
> newer models are scanners with a camera above the machine, looking down 
> on a page of print that is facing up. Flat bed scanners work with the 
> camera underneath, and the printed matter face down. The idea is to have 
> the scanner scan and then read you the document, or store it in its 
> memory and later displayed in braille, or read aloud, or copied to a 
> thumb drive. You can attach a braille display and read the document in 
> braille if you use the model with the camera above the page.
> 
> You can listen to the SARA reading as you read the document or page with 
> the optacon.
> 
> Mary
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