You couldn't use a webcam, the resolution isn't good enough. You'd need a dedicated document camera, such as the Hovercam, Pearl, or one of the Abisee ones. Even so, putting such a system together would be a lot less than $2500. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:55 AM, David wrote: > Just out of curosity: > > I could get myself a netbook PC, costing about 400 dollars. A webcam for > another 10 or 20 dollars. The OCR - like Omnipage - for about the 150. I am > already the owner of Window-Eyes, hence the "human sounding readout", could > be cared for by Eloquence. With that equipment, I could do a ton of other > activities - like notetaking, internet surfing, music listening. Ok, with a > somehow bigger and more bulky pack of units - maybe. Still, no matter how I > turn that calculation, It will make me do a lot more, for less than half the > price. > > So, here is my honesthearted question: What is the real benefit of 2500 > dollars out the door? Wherein lays the benefits. What is it, that this unit > can offer, that the above solution could not? If all it gives me, is a > somehow smaller unit, I don't know, if that still could justify the price. > And, if I wanted to do it small, I could have used a cellphone, that I > already have, and got some OCR software for that one; couldn't I? So, once > again, in what way is it, that I would be benefitting at all, from digging > out 2500 dollars for yet another gadget in my luggage? > > Any feedback welcome! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chao, Matthew (DOC) > To: Buddy Brannan ; GW Info Discussion List > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 4:42 PM > Subject: Re: the reading easy price > > Ouch! That's a lot when you consider that you could have a computer > (multipurpose item) AND OC software and scanner for about the same price. > Oh, and isn't this stuff supposed to get cheaper with advances in > technology?--Matt. > > > > >>> Buddy Brannan <[email protected]> 11/3/2011 11:28 AM >>> > Makes the Intel Reader at its sale price (which may even still be in effect) > of $895 look cheap. Or there's Docuscan Plus on a netbook with a Hovercam. > Not exactly an all in one solution, but the price is a bit better. Or of > course, KNFB Reader. Understanding that Intel and KNFB are neither one > freestanding, although one can get a stand for the Intel Reader and it's > still cheaper. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Sandra Fouts wrote: > > > I thought it was something like that. To much for me. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Butch K [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:11 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: the reading easy price > > > > Hi, the price on the GW catalog web page for read easy is $2495 > > > > Butch > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > > > GW-Info messages are archived athttp://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > > > GW-Info messages are archived athttp://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived athttp://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage > your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
