[access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 11:57:39 -0000
The third link on their main page is in English, so click on that,
which will take you to:
http://www.sensotec.be/home.aspx?Lang=EN
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Sent: 07 January 2013 11:30
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
Hi,
Weird, well as you can see from my paste, I don't get that at all.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ari Damoulakis
Sent: 07 January 2013 08:55
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
>>
>> --
>> Computer Room Services
>> 77 Exeter Close
>> Stevenage
>> Hertfordshire
>> SG1 4PW
>> Tel: +44(0)1438-742286
>> Mob: +44(0)7956-334938
>> Fax: +44(0)1438-759589
>> Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> 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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