Category: accessible Devices
hi people i am looking for a stand allone scanning and reading product with speach i've come across a few but not sure what the best 1 to buy is please can u help?
Well, that depends on what you're looking for. If portability is important and price isn't an issue, I'd probably say the KNFB Reader. If you're looking at a stationary device, The three companies to look at in my opinion are Humanware, Freedom Scientific, and Guerilla Technologies. I like the Guerilla Technologies line, because they have three or four models and one can upgrade the most basic (which just scans and reads) to a full-blown PC if desired, with one or two in between models.
Lou
I've only used the Galilleo machine as stand alone, but you can get scanners that plug into the computer as well. The stand alone scanner has it's own voice, but if you have the ones that plug into the computer, it'll need to be certain brands, because only certain ones are supported by kurzweil and open book. I have also heard of the program that you put on the nokia n82 mobile phone that you can use for scanning, but I don't know what it's called and I haven't tried it.