Hi Ben, I'm not certain what OCR software came with your specific scanner, but why not try a demo of Text Cloner Pro. It gives you 50 scans for free so you can evaluate the program. It is $99, but at least you could determine whether it could work with your set up. www.readingmadeeasy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Blagg" <bblagg@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: [real-eyes] Collective minds for collective times: I need to call on the reservoir of knowledge on this list. Yesterday I purchased an HP Office Jet J4580 printer/scanner/copier/ fax. The reliability factor is supposed to be good. Any advice on installation? I am using Jaws 9 with Vista. I have sort of run out of funds for the moment, therefore too cheap to upgrade OpenBook to 8.0. I do have 7.2 now. I guess what I want to know is, with the existing software that comes with the unit, is there any way to read any scans I might choose to do? At one time the screen readers used to work with some (off the shelf) scanning software. I need as much advice as you can give me. Thanks and have a good Sunday. Ben Blagg Wyco?KCK Out of sight, not out of mind. Do not meddle in the affairs of DRAGONS, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes