[optacon-l] Re: scanning and reading appliance

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Adams" <judy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:34 PM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: scanning and reading appliance


> Dear mailing list,
>
> Don't forget Jim Bliss's VIP scanning software; his company is still going 
> strong, despite his illness and recent death.  VIP can be used with any 
> Twain scanner (e.g. Canon, Epson, etc.), and the software is $295 (or can 
> be "bundled" with his e-mail - PnC E-mail, and browser - PnC Net for a 
> total of $500). Scanned text is spoken (and displayed in large print for 
> low vision users). Most commands are given with the number keypad in VIP, 
> and using arrow keys on the PnC product menus.  VIP has simple audio help 
> identifying the key used for different functions.    You can pick up a 
> good scanner for around $100, so with just VIP and a scanner, you have a 
> great system.  There is also a calculator program in VIP, a simple word 
> processor, a database, a clock, and a CD with 658 literary classics, 
> including some US historical documents and the complete King James Bible 
> (all documents on the CD can be bookmarked in VIP).  You can copy scanned 
> documents over into MS Word for editing, brai
> lling, etc. Uses MS Anna voice on Win7 computers, or older XP voices, or 
> Neospeech voices can be purchased through JBliss.
>
> The demo CD has 30-day trial versions, gives you a demo of the different 
> voices, and a 30 min. video with informative sound track.  Let me know if 
> you're interested in a demo CD to try This is PC software, not 
> stand-alone, but quite affordable. Even if you don't have a scanner, you 
> can see how the system works, because there is a sample scanned file.  I 
> recommend that you call me after installation so I can talk you through 
> the initial steps and answer any questions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Judy Adams (former Optacon teacher, sighted),
> President
> JBliss Low Vision Systems
> 888-452-5477 9-5 California time
> judy@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message ---------------
>
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: scanning and reading appliance
>   From: Robert Feinstein <harlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
>   Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
>     To: optacon list <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>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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