I believe the cost is around £470. David -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Beasley Sent: 03 November 2014 17:11 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: New from RNIB There was no price given for this. Also, I wonder whether it will be available from an alternative supplier than RNIB where it might be cheaper. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russelll" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 4:35 PM Subject: [access-uk] New from RNIB > Hi all > > Has anyone seen the item detailed below. I would particularly like to > know > about the size of the player, and the quality of the text to speech voice, > plus some idea as to how the camera compares to say a mobile phone? > > Any comments would be appreciated. > > The details are as follows. > > > > The Blaze EZ OCR Multi-Player is designed to keep your mind's fire burning > even when you're waiting for a bus in the cold rain. With built-in OCR and > text-to-speech you can scan and read printed materials immediately, or > save > them for reading at your leisure. Blaze EZ's DAISY and media support > ensures > endless hours of information and entertainment at the touch of a button, > including newspapers, books, documents, restaurant menus as well as DAISY > and media content. > > Stand-alone, single-button OCR capture and read - Use Blaze EZ to OCR > capture a menu, magazine article, library book, and more - all at the > touch > of a single button. The built-in auto-focus camera ensures a high-quality > image for accurate OCR and text-to-speech. Simple, easy-to-use controls > and > file system - Three easy-access buttons with Braille letters "M", "R" and > "B" give quick access to Music, Radio and Books. Above that a simple, > easy-to-find record button, and below it a set of navigation buttons in > the > shape of a cross. At the bottom right corner, is a square button with a > Braille letter "O" for OCR. A single press enters OCR mode and a second > press will begin the capture and read process. Play DAISY, music and audio > book files - Blaze EZ can read and play a variety of file including DAISY, > TXT, BRL, MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, WMV, OGG, ASF, AAC, AVI, FLAC, 3GP, MPG, M4A > TXT, RTF, HTML, HTM, XML, DOC, DOCX, PDF, EPUB, FB2, PDF, and more. > .Built-in Wi-Fi - Use the built-in WiFi in Blaze EZ to access online > DAISY, > e-books, podcasts, internet radio and more. .High-quality Recording - > Record > high-quality audio from internal microphone, external microphone (not > included) or stereo line-in. > > 16GB memory 4.5 hours to fully charge providing 17 hours of use. Weight > 138grammes Please note there is a delivery charge for this product at > £9.95 > inc VAT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq