Very well described, Mary. Thank you. Robert On Fri, 13 Apr 2012, Mary Emerson wrote: > Morning list, > > SARA stands for Scanning and Reading Appliance. it's a stand-alone > device; most of them these days are flat bed scanners, although the > newer models are scanners with a camera above the machine, looking down > on a page of print that is facing up. Flat bed scanners work with the > camera underneath, and the printed matter face down. The idea is to have > the scanner scan and then read you the document, or store it in its > memory and later displayed in braille, or read aloud, or copied to a > thumb drive. You can attach a braille display and read the document in > braille if you use the model with the camera above the page. > > You can listen to the SARA reading as you read the document or page with > the optacon. > > Mary > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.