[access-uk] Re: Sarah scanner and read machine
- From: Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:13:25 +0200
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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