Hello dónal, I have the StandScan Pro which has 15 Leds to provide good lighting. Yes, it's flimsy, but it folds flat, weighs next to nothing, and works great with my iPhone 5.
I've tested the StandScan Pro with a double-page from a pretty complexe book using Prizmo in English with brilliant results. It was virtually perfect apart from the page headings which are in italics and came out as garbage. I tried scanning a rectangular box containing a deodorant spray, and TextGrabber read the information almost perfectly, whereas Prizmo failed at this task. This time, I was using French. Yesterday, I demonstrated the StandScan Pro to an IT teacher I was training in VoiceOver and the Mac. He gave me a flyer to scan and the result was perfect using TextGrabber. He was so impressed that he called in some colleagues to see this amazing thing! So, yes, you have to be careful with the StandScan Pro as it can easily be damaged, but it isn't a replacement for a flatbed scanner, it's a tool to carry around in a backpack for those occasions when you really have to get the information from a printed source quickly. Below my signature, I'll paste in my description of how to set up a StandScan Pro. By the Way, it ships with a 9 V battery holder and you can purchase a 12 V mains adaptor. You really need the 12 V for good results, but you can also add a battery holder for 8 AA batteries, giving a 12 V output. The StandScan Pro plus mains adaptor comes to something under $35 which isn't a lot to spend for such good results. Cheers, Anne Lay the folded StandScan on a table with the small flap away from you. Open the small flap and fold back the body of the StandScan towards you. Now the topmost piece should open to the left, and the remaining part will open to the right but will still be a double thickness. Open the final piece to the right. Go to the lefthand piece and you'll find that there is a crease running from where it joins the second piece to the lefthand edge, a few centimetres in. Fold along this crease making an elongated triangle. The same thing can be found on the back edge of the same piece, and on the front and back edges of the third section. The piece at the extreme right is the top and you can find the LEDs along its back edge, and the cable at its back left corner. Lift the righthand section and lift the lefthand section, then fold over the flap at the end of the section with the LEDs so that the magnets meet the magnets on the lefthand section. A flap of the top section folds down to engage with the magnets on the triangular pieces, and the piece still lying flat at the back lifts up to meet the top and the triangular side pieces at the back. Your StandScan should now look like a large box with an open front and a short cable coming out of the upper back lefthand corner. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
