Don't count on it. The webcam isn't nearly high enough resolution.
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On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Ashley Cox wrote:

> is there a scanner solution out there that can use the mac's webcam?
> 
> 
> On 29/04/2011 12:02, Scott Howell wrote:
>> Hey Chris, I was only kidding about the camera. I had not heard her demo, so 
>> is the demo for the Mac? THe camera from what I gather is $200 additional? I 
>> wonder if that camera could be connected to an iOS device, which would be 
>> very cool indeed.
>> 
>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi there,
>>> 
>>> Don't mean to make a big deal about this, but just what do people want?  As 
>>> has been point out, this is half the price and more of some of the other 
>>> solutions out there and there is a demo which was very well done by Ricky 
>>> Enger.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:48 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Be nice if they would toss in the camera for a few dollars more. :) I 
>>>> gather with the camera it would be almost $500. I would like to see a demo 
>>>> on the Mac actually. THis is certainly a better deal than most other 
>>>> products on the market that are geared toward the blind and visually 
>>>> impaired user. Now I may also be wrong, but didn't the $299 also give you 
>>>> access to the web-based product and something on the iOS platform>  
>>>> assuming that becomes available?
>>>> 
>>>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Kevin
>>>>> I made a quick test this morning with my canon lide 100 and it worked.
>>>>> Now it is intresting to see if it can make something readable out of
>>>>> swedish text. If so I deffently gonna buy this. More simple  solution
>>>>> than use vuescan, to abbyy, and to textedit wich works well but very
>>>>> much work to get a document scanned.
>>>>> Regards Tony
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2011/4/29, Kevin Reeves<li...@kevinreeves.net>:
>>>>>> Hey folks. SO glad to see this is finally available on the mac. One 
>>>>>> question
>>>>>> comes to mind as I am not as familiar with this product. Does this only 
>>>>>> work
>>>>>> with cameras like the hover cam, or can I use it with a cheap Canoscan 
>>>>>> 25?
>>>>>> Thanks so much.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>> On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Andy Baracco wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Still cheaper than the other blindness oriented OCR solutions, such as
>>>>>>> K1000, Open Book, Eye-Pal, etc.
>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> P. S. I wonder if they are considering doing something for the iPhone.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer."
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:06 PM
>>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> Subject: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> mac app store.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello Listers.
>>>>>>> DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store.
>>>>>>> Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it.
>>>>>>> Hope this actually benefits someone.
>>>>>>> the Infuriated Matt Campbell.
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>>>>> Blog och info om it och teknik för synskadade.
>>>>> www.tbteknik.se
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