Thanks a lot Friends for all your supports. actually I have been looking for any device that will enable me read reports, books etc and will be portable at the same time- to be carried with me on a regular basis. if reading facility can be availed, nothing like it. but all reading devices I am seeing online are very expensive. I saw a device called "Reading pen" on the web that costs a bit less than others. an ear phone is attached to it and it was told to have reading facility. but I can't be sure about how to point to the text I need to be read out or how to specify whether I want to read by letters, words, sentences etc. hence I planned to buy a portable scanner which is fully accessible softwarewise, because cost is also a very big constraint here. could you please help me in this context? does anyone have any idea of the reading pen I mentioned?
awaiting your earliest reply, Thanks and regards, Sudeshna Bhattacharya On 2/16/17, Shireen Irani <shireen....@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > sorry i wasn't following this thread earlier, so not sure whether > you're looking for only a scanner, or something portable that will > also do the reading. > if u also want the reading then do check out the Eye Pal Ace reader, > which does both, the scanning and reading, and which u can get to see > at Karishma enterprises in Mumbai. it is very expensive though, around > 75 thousand. and there also are a few issues with the after-service, > and the hardware after only a year of usage. but portability-wise, it > is the perfect thing to have. don't remember the exact config, but its > about 1 and a half kgs with i think a 10 inch screen. the lens is very > good for A-4 size pages, and they also now have Sangita, the Indian > accented tts as an option. > if u do consider this, then get in touch with me, i'll give you a few > points of warning about it, so that you are sure of things before you > invest in it. > > best, > > Shireen. > > > On 2/16/17, Pranav Lal <pranav....@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Sudeshna, >> >> In terms of reading large documents, your only option is a scanner that >> supports >> the legal or a3 paper size. See models from Plustek. However, this option >> is >> not >> portable. If you want portable, try to use applications such as the KNFB >> Reader >> on a stand but these as far as I know only do a4 pages. You could try a >> fish-eye >> lens and see if that covers a wider area but a fish-eye lens may distort >> the >> image of the page so I can't say if this idea will work. >> >> The machines from Lex will also work. They are USB powered and the >> support >> from >> Sparsh has been good. The Lex scanner I have runs off the USB port of the >> computer. The Lex machines also have options for A3 documents but those >> machines >> are expensive well over a lakh I believe. >> Pranav >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the >> person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the >> mails >> sent through this mailing list.. >> > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
