[bookshare-discuss] Re: old scanning systems
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:09:55 -0400
There's also no comparison between 6 and 8. Imagin where that leaves my
once beloved Oscar. <grin>
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rick.Roderick@xxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:45 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] old scanning systems
> Hi everyone,
>
> This discussion of the Reading Edge is interesting. Of course, there was
> the hardware/software version called the Reading AdvantEdge.
>
> However, at that time, I was using TeleSensory's Oscar. It actually used
> its own processor which fit into a DOS PC.
>
> Oscar was good for the time, early 90s. However, one could not scan even
a
> clean document without a lot of errors, some of which were memorable.
>
> I was scanning material for a conference so that I could braille it. I
> suddenly saw, "Do not accept personal snacks." That didn't make sense to
> me, especially since I was hungry. A colleague looked at the original and
> told me that really said personal attacks. It would also give me malting
> instead of mailing, so I guess it had food on its mind.
>
> I am currently using Kurzweil 6. There is no comparison between the two.
>
> Rick
>
>
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