Yes, Cindy, it is expensive but Kurzweil often have some excellent trade-ins and they also give the program to all scholarship winners at both national conventions. Their tech support is also excellent and these technicians monitor and respond to questions on their list. I admit that occasionally Kurzwweil does something that baffles me in their program but probably if I read the manual more carefully, I would understand the problem. This is absolutely my favorite company with products for the blind in case you hadn't guessed. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:13 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Proposal For A Quality Solution
Thanks, Jill. No, I didn't understand that at all, so thank you for explaining. I've received the impression that it's auite expensive, so I assumed it was a scanner with an OCR program as part of it, like my Epson and its Fine Reader. I think my husband bought my second one for around $100, but I don't think the Fine Reader is as complete as it could be. It's functional enough for my purposes, but the one I had before did more pages at once; when I tried to find out more I was told my is a brief program and I'd have to be the one that does more. G.Cindy --- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Cindy, In case you are a little confused, Kurzweil is a program, not a scanner. In fact, they (Kurzweil) have a list of recommended scanners and the Epson ones are at the top. However, the program that comes with the scanner doesn't give the blind user anywhere near the features we get with Kurzweil. If you already understood this, just disregard the above. Jill----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 8:25 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Proposal For A Quality Solution > It doesn't matter how old or bad the scanner is if the > submitter proofreads it before submitting it. It may > be more work for the submitter, but otherwise it's > more work for the validator and the submitter > shouldn't get the same amount of monetary credit. > > Or the submitter can buy a new scanner. It doesn't > have to be the wonderful but expensive K1000; it can > be an Epson, which varies in price depending on the > model, but I think some refurbished ones are less than > $100. I know money is tight, but expenses made for > charitable purposes can be deducted, if you happen to > itemize. > > G.Cindy > > --- Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I don't think it's discrimination if the quality >> requirement is applied no >> matter which technology was used. If I read a book >> that is well scanned it >> doesn't matter whether it was scanned by 1994 >> technology or at 80 pages a >> minute (I'm still boggled with that number). What I >> care about is, can I >> read the book without having to do mental guesswork >> as I go. >> >> Bob>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:08 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Proposal For A >> Quality Solution >> >> >> > Yeah, but didn't Jamie say that the "fair" isn't >> up there anymore? I >> > haven't looked. So it would have to be "good", and >> I don't think >> > "good" is "good" enough unless there is a higher >> standard for it than >> > what I'e seen. >> > >> > As for older technology: I for one can sort of see >> the point. My old >> > Ruby, though, has a lot of weird placement of >> words. I would actually >> > have to hire a reader to straighten out the books >> if I scanned books >> > with it. This would not be an option. I don't scan >> with it these days, >> > and maybe there was an update someplace along the >> line I did not get >> > (it was 1994 vintage), but I can see the point >> about the >> > discrimination against those using older >> technology. At the same time, >> > though, not only are people expecting quality from >> Bookshare, they are >> > paying for it. Though the price is not all that >> high, it is still a >> > price and deserves quality. And if someone is >> having good luck with >> > the older technology and producing quality scans, >> that's a good thing. >> > I have no problem with using it. >> > >> > >> > Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure. >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email >> to >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the >> subject line. 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