I am positive that you can't just attach the reading edge and use its external scanner in the manner that you would use any other external scanner. You can consult the documentation that came with your reading edge and see if it says anything about being able to save image files from its scanner and then exporting those to the pc. I don't remember any such capabilities, but I haven't had access to a reading edge in several years. I know reading edge had limited internal memory by today's standards, and image files are large. So my gut instinct is to say that this wouldn't be possible either, but your documentation will be the best source of a final answer on that count. mary