KNFB Mobile seems to be the cheapest option right now. The other alternative is to buy a really portable scanner which runs on USB power and carry it along with your laptop. Outragious this may seem, but I have met people who have actually done this. I believe Canon produces some scanners which are really thin and can run on USB power. They are terribly slow though.
I do not think it will take a long time for a company like Abbyy to release a mobile version of their FineReader OCR software if they do not already have it on the market. With Nokia N82 and N96 having features like auto focus and zenon flash, it would not be very difficult to use an out of the shelf OCR package for mobiles provided it is reasonably accessible with either of the screen readers. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal Sent: Wednesday, 03 September 2008 11:02 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] reading machine friends, warm regards. it's worth mentioning that scanners and o c r softwares have changed the life of visually impaired people drastically. by the help of these o c r softwares, now we can read every that book for which we used to dream at a time. no need to mention that how much successful these softwares now, but it's somehow difficult to carry your scanner every where. you might knowing that few of the companies which are producing o c r softwares these days, had first developed the reading machine (a portable device for reading books anywhere). as i told that it's not always possible to carry your scanner everywhere, reading machines may still prove beneficial. though i am using scanners and o c r softwares from the beginning, but from few days i'am feeling the requirement of such a machine which can give me the flaxibility of reading anywhere without carrying heavy devices. i have heard that several cellphones are available which reads the text of a page instantly by the help of a software call "KNFB reader". because this software and it's cellphone is expensive, for me it's not possible to buy it right now. is there any other alternative? if any of you have information about a relatively cheiper portable device, kindly drop your mail on same list. i'll eagerly wait for your answers. hoping for some quick and beneficial words. with profound regards, prateek agarwal. cell: 09928341197 e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- you can visit my website for lots of stuff related to visually impaired and others. please go on to www.prateekagarwal.webs.com Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
