[access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
- From: "andrew shipp" <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 09:07:52 -0000
do you have a ruff Idea of the price please?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ari Damoulakis
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 8:54 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
Just in case it is a language or some weird setting on your side and
you can't read it, I've coppied and pasted the info here.
To get the English site by the way you go to
www.sensotec.be
That's in Dutch, French and English and for the English you click on
the link saying EN.
Reading becomes very easy using the Reporter Smart. One push of a
button is all you need to scan, recognize and read text aloud.
Text from a book, letter or invoice, text written in continuous lines,
in columns or tables: the Reporter Smart will scan the text and read
it aloud with a nice clear voice.
But that’s not all: the Reporter Smart recognizes text in over 20
languages and reads files from CD, USB or SD memory card. Files can be
saved as txt or mp3.
The Reporter Smart reads aloud, plays music, navigates Daisy books and
saves your important files.
The new Reporter Smart offers you more than you could imagine from a
reading scanner.
Performing to impress
The Reporter Smart is built for anyone facing reading problems: blind
and partially sighted people as well as people experiencing trouble
with printed text due to a reading, learning or language disorder.
Reading with the Reporter Smart is so easy that you don’t have to know
anything about computers to be able to use it. One click of a button
is enough to have clear results.
The Reporter Smart automatically recognizes document position and text
orientation on the scanner bed: transverse, upright or inverted, the
Reporter Smart will find its way.
Recognition quality is very high, the sound quality is excellent and
the built-in voices are superior. This guarantees a clearly
understandable result.
Functionality on demand
The Reporter Smart is very flexible: it can be personalized for your
preferences. Depending on your specific needs, the device can be
switched to two different user modes: basic or advanced.
If you only need an easy-to-use device that scans and reads text
without relying on additional features, the Reporter Smart can be set
in its Basic Mode. Additional features are disabled and will no longer
bring confusion.
Advanced users will be delighted to discover additional options for
saving, browsing, navigating, exploring and sharing files.
The Advanced Mode is just a button away, allowing access to all of
Reporter's Smart features.
Function overview
Basic mode
•Scanning, recognizing text and reading text aloud
•Pause and continue reading
•Go back to previous or go forward to next word or sentence
•Spell words and numbers
•Automatic column recognition – columns will be read out in right
order. This function can be switched off or on to enable reading
tables, grids and invoices
•Change reading speed and volume
•Connection for head phone available
•Dedicated help key
Advanced mode
•All basic mode functions remain available in the advanced mode
•Select preferred reading and scanning modes
•Change and save scanning and reading settings
•Scan and read aloud multipage texts
•Retrieve and read aloud text in different file formats (doc, txt,
html, rtf, kes) from the inbuilt CD player, external devices connected
to the Reporter Smart by USB (USB stick, USB hard disk, etc.) or from
memory cards
•Save the scanned texts as txt files in the large internal memory of
the Reporter Smart or on an external memory: USB-stick or memory card
(SD, MMC, SDHC)
•Save scanned texts as mp3 on USB-stick or memory card (SD, MMC, SDHC)
•Name files and create your own file folder structure
•Retrieve Daisy books from the inbuilt CD player, from external
devices connected to the Reporter Smart or from memory cards
•Play Daisy books using most of the common Daisy navigation functions,
including bookmark function
•Play mp3 music files, wav and wma audio files, audio CDs
Technical features
•Two user modes, accessible via key combination
•Excellent sound quality
•Easy and ergonomic volume control
•Head phone jack
•Recognizes and reads text in 18 languages
•Automatic language recognition of 12 languages
•Each language has its own reading voice(s) with flawless accent and
pleasant timbre
•High quality synthesized Nuance Vocalizer voices; Acapela Infovox
voices available upon request
•Available system languages: English, Dutch, French, German,
Norwegian. Other system languages on demand
•High performance text recognition, very high accuracy, even in
complex documents
•Daisy functionality
•MP3 functionality
•Storage on hard disk, SD, USB, MMC, SDHC
•One single unit, no peripheral equipment; The power plug is the only
item to connect
•All controls and plug-ins are comfortably located on the front panel,
within easy reach
•Scanning format: A4/Letter
•Dimensions: (WxLxH): 29,5cm x 53cm x 10,5cm
•Weight: 5.6 kg
On 1/7/13, Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Steve
The link I gave in my email, I've clicked on it twice. It is the
English site, I mean, it is in English. Here again is the exact same
link which I have just coppied from my last email.
http://www.sensotec.be/products/detail.aspx?ID=349
I can't understand what's going on because you and Andrew say its in
another language but I'm reading it here in absolutely perfect
English, the exact same link I'm emailing and have previously emailed?
I have no idea what's wrong, but from my end, and rechecking the link,
this is definitely English.
Ari
On 1/7/13, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
No, it wasn't, the link you gave was the Belginan site.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Ari Damoulakis
Sent: 06 January 2013 22:08
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
Hi Andrew
I'm a bit confused, maybe check your screen reader because the site of
the Sensotec Reporter I emailed to the list is the English site, I was
talking about the magazine article I can't find that's in Dutch. If
you have your screenreader set to detect language changes, maybe
switch that setting off, because it could be that even though the site
is actually in English, it is written using code of another language.
If you're still having a problem, ask a sighted person to try read it.
I'm sorry, I just can't think what the problem you might be having
could be because the link in the email is to the english version of
the site.
Ari
On 1/6/13, andrew shipp <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Ari, wow didn't know about these others I would be very interested
in
the one from belgem. I did have a look on the site you gave in the
email
but couldn't understand it. I would be grateful if you could find it
in
English please Ari. Many thanks Andy S
-----Original Message-----
From: Ari Damoulakis
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:13 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
Hi Andrew
Just so that you do know, I read an article last year about these
products where standalone reading machines were compared. In their
comparison they found this one to be the most accurate, not the Sara.
Here is the English web site.
http://www.sensotec.be/products/detail.aspx?ID=349
I will look for the article for you. It was from a Belgian computer
magazine for the blind called Infovisie. It is in Dutch, and I could
only understand it because its near enough to afrikaans, but you can
try google translate it. I'll look for it and email it to you. If I
remember, I think the reason they gave for this being the most
accurate product was they said the Omnipage engine it uses is better
than the Finereader engine Sara apparrently uses, but I can't be sure.
The others they also compared were the Poet from Baum and something
called Sophie Pro from Handytech in Germany. I don't really remember
what their findings were on those two, I just remember that they gave
the Sensotec above the best award.
I also don't know if they still sell it, but there's also another
reading machine from Australia which actually sounds very nice because
it has an A3 scanner size, so you can scan the book more easily or at
least two pages of a hard book at one time. I'm sorry, but even though
it sounds nice I have no idea how good it is and haven't read any
reviews of it. The good part about this one is you can order it
online, maybe you can email them and ask for more info if you want.
http://www.sensorytools.com/excalibur.htm
Ari
Ari
On 1/6/13, andrew shipp <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John, I’ve got the lexmark mfp and I try to scan books in and don’t
have hardly any success with it so this is why I’m looking at this
machine.
From: john coley
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 4:41 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
Hi Andrew, you don't need to spend an arm and a leg on special access
tech
stuff to read print. All you need is a scanner. You can get a USB
scanner,
such as the Canon LiDE 210 for 60 quid or so. If you go down the access
tech
route it'll cost you hundreds to do the same thing. Ok,
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: andrew shipp
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 4:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Sarah scanner and read machine
So what is the price of one of these machines? will it read stuff
on
glossy paper also? will I be able to read my bank statements on
it?
I
mainly would like this for reading gardening books, would it ignore
the
graphic? Is there any thing this machine will not read? I think I
shall
get one as long as all my questions are answered.
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