Peter, I did get a Cannon 3500. We haven't fooled with much scanning, because I had so much to learn with Outlook and Windows 10, making the big jump from XP and Outlook Express. Before we installed the ABBYY Fine Reader, we scanned something. I copied the picture, took it to Microsoft Word, pasted it into a word file and could read it. This one has the glass tray for scanning. The slot for printing is different, and it has guides that you can bring together by moving only the right one, and the left one moves symmetrically with the right one to print smaller material. We had to put my checks in landscape, but they're going through fine. The Cannon 3500 does have the buttons on the top and not under a screen. We saw several models of printers at OfficeMax that did have button displays on them.
Bye for now, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected] jdh.com] On Behalf Of Peter Tesar via Jfw Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 7:52 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Peter Tesar <[email protected]> Subject: Need a new scanner. Hello List, I need to get a new scanner. The problem is that the technology has changed over 20 years. Can a blind person do a simple scan, without sighted assistance, on these new types of scanners? The old scanning process was simple. My old HP scanner is a flat bed. Just lift the lid, place the letter size page face down and close the lid. Then I could use the HP software to start the scan. The HP scanner also had physical buttons for e-mail, PDF and even copy to the default printer. My online browsing of scanners makes me wonder if I will have a problem. The Brother ATS-1000w has dimensions less than a letter size paper. 11 inches wide, 4 inches deep & 3 inches high. It also has a 20 sheet feeder. It also has a touch screen display. I assume that there is no flat bed. Maybe a slot. Maybe an attachment to hold the document or photo which means the foot print is larger than listed. I already have a Brother Laser printer. The Brother Creative Center is very accessible with JAWS. Online shopping is limited in the information presented. I would appreciate any comments on possible problems that I might encounter after getting the scanner home and set up. Peter T. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipe rmail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/at tachments/20150919/ba3be135/at tachment.html> ______________________________ _________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailm an/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh. com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
