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2011-05-03 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: They have always been very forward thinking, spurred on very probably by active consumer groups. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 02/05/2011, at 7:42 PM, David Tanner david.tanner...@gmail.com wrote: Minnesota. - Original Message - From: Cheree

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2011-05-02 Thread David Tanner
Minnesota. - Original Message - From: Cheree che...@dogsc4me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:10 PM Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store. Cheree Heppe here: So, which state did you say

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2011-05-01 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Don't forget, too, that if you purchase a liceence, you can use it cross platform, which might be useful for some people(not me, my pc is now a useful door stop-lol!). When I talked to them, they did say they are working on an i phone version, not sure when it'll come out, though. You can

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2011-05-01 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Just have to add my penny's worth, but after adding in the cost of a computer in general, software for speech, scanning, etc, is a mac *really* that extravagantly priced? Also, apps for the mac are sometimes more costly then those for the i phone, dunno, seems like it all evens out in the end,

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2011-05-01 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Well, you can save the file locally, after it's scanned, at least. Caitlyn On Apr 29, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Ashley, I'd like to see the ability to scan/store locally as well as the cloud perhaps; however, I concur with your comments. I thought it was possible to scan/store

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-05-01 Thread David Tanner
- Original Message - From: Cheree che...@dogsc4me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 11:11 PM Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, I am sure you are right about the majority of agencies, but I am proud to say that our agency is

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-05-01 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: So, which state did you say you are in? Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 01/05/2011, at 3:04 PM, David Tanner david.tanner...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Cheree che...@dogsc4me.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday,

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2011-04-30 Thread David Tanner
I doubt that any goverment office would allow DocuScan Plus to be used for work purposes unless it can be secured with documents only being saved on a local computer or on the local network. - Original Message - From: Tony Hernandez tonyhspe...@gmail.com To:

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-30 Thread David Tanner
Mary, Eye Pal can do 2 pages, but I sincerely don't think I would spend the kind of money they want for it. I have used it with K1000, and the recognition isn't that fantastic. I checked the DPI and it shows 219, and does not seem to be changeable. As you know the default used by most

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2011-04-30 Thread David Tanner
I think I would prefer the ability to save to Dropbox instead. - Original Message - From: Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 4:25 PM Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app

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2011-04-30 Thread David Tanner
The Canon Lide 210 can be used with the Mac. You should be able to install them from the CD that came with your scanner. If not you can also get them from the Canon website. I have the Canon Lide 200 and just installed it this evening on my MacBook Pro with drivers I downloaded from the

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2011-04-30 Thread Michael Thurman
ys but we blnd people ay MUC more for the same functioality! most scanners come with free ocr programs that work great but are cmpletey inaccessible On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:04 PM, brandt wrote: Remember, sighted folks pay for programs they need just like we do, it's just so typically blind to

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2011-04-30 Thread Michael Thurman
well mst people who DO have those toys got them through vr services, which doesn't happe like it used to and I for one never got SHIT from my vr jerk counselor or the commission for the blind On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: I disagree, Since most the people on this list

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2011-04-30 Thread Krister Ekstrom
30 apr 2011 kl. 01.45 skrev Kimberly thurman: I just bought a Cannon Lied 210 and bought Vuscan just to be able to scan photographs and the like, as the drivers that are included with the Cannon scanner are not accessible with VO Strange, how come then, that i, who are totally blind can

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2011-04-30 Thread Michael Thurman
only 5 megapixels damn that's redulous the camera my girlfriend totes around is 12 and costs $200 so what's the extra couple hundred buying you I am tired f blindness products raping us cause they can a camera and a tripod wow thats ot worth tha tkind of money for only 5 mp, the new

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2011-04-30 Thread Michael Thurman
if one more person comes on here and lectures about saving money I'm going to delete this list oviously you are one of the rich governement employee blind nfb freaks On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Thank you!! There is also this concept of saving money. If you want an

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2011-04-30 Thread Michael Thurman
yes why should we pay MORE because we are blind On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Ricardo, That is really my point. What are you willing to pay for ease of use and quality of results. If the $100 ABBYY Fine Reader Express product gets the job done to your satisfaction

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2011-04-30 Thread Michael Thurman
even the public radio station would require that anything is on their equipment and never goes to the cloud so i couldn't use it even to help out at th elocal public or calssical station it coul dnot even be used for scanning documents for the animal rescue i am part of due to

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2011-04-30 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Where are the privacy concerns in this app's development strategy? For my money, blind people who must read printed documents would do as well to obtain volunteer strangers off the street, because that is how private DocuScan's document reading would be by comparison. In

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2011-04-30 Thread Scott Howell
Please delete this list because your comments are incredibly offensive. Being a government employee has nothing to do with this topic and contrary to popular belief, government employees are not rich. As far as saving money, it is not a lecture, it is something you should already understand and

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2011-04-30 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Mary, The EyePal Camera does do two pages at a time as long as the total size of the pages is not greater than 8.5 by 11, or possibly 8.5 by 14 I forget which. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194

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2011-04-30 Thread Brandon Misch
i think after you scan a document you can password protect it. so privacy isn't a concern. On Apr 30, 2011, at 6:15 AM, Cheree Heppe wrote: Cheree Heppe here: Where are the privacy concerns in this app's development strategy? For my money, blind people who must read printed documents

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2011-04-30 Thread erik burggraaf
Also what about the cost of the cloud in this case? Bandwidth is cheep, but thousands of users thumping novels in .tif format up to the server takes it's toll. Plus there's a person with a pager taped to his junk who has to get out of bed or ditch his dinner or whatever if that server goes

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2011-04-30 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
No, I do not work for the Government, and I do not belong to any blindness organization what so ever. I'm definitely not anywhere near rich, I've just been taught how to handle money, by my grandparents, who grew up in the Depression. My grandmother could get 30 cents out of a quarter. LOL On

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2011-04-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Lol, I think your mistaken. If you took a survey of people on the list, or of blind people with apple products in general, I bet you will find maybe 90% purchased their own stuff. Agencies are still reluctant to hand out Macs. BTW, I don't see why the hostility is needed in your post. My

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2011-04-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I can't help but wonder if the eyesight camera would work at all with this. On Apr 30, 2011, at 12:37 AM, David Tanner wrote: The camera is suppose to go on sale next week. - Original Message - From: Aman Singer aman.sin...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday,

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2011-04-30 Thread Kimberly thurman
David, were your Cannon scanner drivers inaccessible with VO? I couldn't make heads or tails out of them with VO myself, but they have to be running to use the scanner. I have scanned stuff with Vuscan, which I already bought. I use Vuscan for things that do not need OCR. I'm considering

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2011-04-30 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: Yes, especially with the Apple products, most agencies for the blind still operate on a one thing fits all modality. Most Apple users have gotten their own devices, but, most blind people have not and most still use Windows based technology. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent

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2011-04-29 Thread Tony Bernedal
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

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2011-04-29 Thread brandt
Hi there, Yes, $299 is a fair bit of money, but how many actually went and bought open Book or something similar back when ever for 3 ore 4 times more? My biggest complaint is not the cost of software but the ridiculous prices of Mac computers. I can and probably will go the Hakintosh route

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2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
O yeah! another piece of software with better free alternatives, priced much to high. SOrry; i think i'll be spending the money on final cut pro 10 when that comes out instead. On 29/04/2011 03:05, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello Listers. DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the

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2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
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

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2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
I disagree the Mac is ridiculously priced. In fact the cost of ownership for a Mac user will be less than a PC user. Sure you pay more on the front-end, but the cost of upgrading the OS, applications, and so forth is less, and you are getting a more quality product for your dollar. There is a

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2011-04-29 Thread Christopher Peppel
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

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2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
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

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2011-04-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Well, it's cheaper than other blindness reading products such as kurzweil 1000 or openbook. On Apr 28, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: 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

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2011-04-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
It works with scanners as well, assuming your scanner works with the mac, unfortnately a lot of scanners don't, but if yours does, you should be good to go. On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:48 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. SO glad to see this is finally available on the mac. One question comes to

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2011-04-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually, even the price of accessibility has gone down in windows, system access is much cheaper, and NVDA is free. Because of this, for most users, there's little reason to purchase one of the expensive screen readers. On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Scott Howell wrote: I disagree the Mac is

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2011-04-29 Thread Andy Baracco
I paid $1000 for Open Book. Seems like a bargain to me. Andy I'm pretty good at drinkin beer. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 2:51 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

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2011-04-29 Thread Andy Baracco
If you want Open Book with the Pearl camera, be prepared to shell out $1600 to $2000 depending on whether or not FS still is offering the intro price on the Pearl. Andy I'm pretty good at drinkin beer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

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2011-04-29 Thread Brandon Misch
you could use it with a scanner if there are drivers built in or there are drivers on the manufacturer's website 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

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2011-04-29 Thread Brandon Misch
it would and if you go to docuscanplus.com you can hear a demo of not only the mac version but the windows version too. and the camera along with the service is a little bit more. On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:48 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Be nice if they would toss in the camera for a few dollars

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2011-04-29 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. Seems a little pricy to me as a college student who doesn't have any funding that's all. On 2011-04-28, at 11:25 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote: Hi Matt, Thanks so much for the message. I have already purchased the software and am waiting for the Hovercam which has just shipped today.

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2011-04-29 Thread Brandon Misch
even if it doesn't out of th box, some scanner manufacturers have drivers on there websites. On Apr 29, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: It works with scanners as well, assuming your scanner works with the mac, unfortnately a lot of scanners don't, but if yours does, you should be good

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2011-04-29 Thread Christopher Peppel
Hi Scott, The demo can be found on Serotalk.com. I went to the On Apr 29, 2011, at 7:02 AM, 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

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2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
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

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2011-04-29 Thread Søren Jensen
Yep. Docuscan can. :) Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 29/04/2011 kl. 15.35 skrev Ashley Cox: 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

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2011-04-29 Thread Teresa Cochran
Well, it does beat the heck out of some of the other scanning software for price,. Does it have all of the bells and whistles for visual impairment, etc., though? Teresa On Apr 28, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello Listers. DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the

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2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Well, I just downloaded and installed the demo. So far, I like it. I did forget that I had not yet installed the drivers for my flatbed scanner on the mac portion of my macbook pro, so when I attempted to scan for the first time, DocuScan defaulted to using the built-in webcam. However, once

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2011-04-29 Thread Tony Hernandez
But still too expensive. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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2011-04-29 Thread Tony Hernandez
Hi. I think looking at this price in a positive light just because it's lower is what keeps the prices high. It's accepted. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hey Jenny, Read the help file. We worked real hard on that. Seriously, the delay you're seeing is most likely due to the remote OCR. That is to say, the imgae being uploaded to the cloud (I really hate that term) for OCR. So you have to have an active Internet connection for it to work. --

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
Don't count on it. The webcam isn't nearly high enough resolution. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY 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

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2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Well, and at least in my own experience, it's terribly cumbersome to get a paper oriented just right before taking a picture. Might not be so bad if I had three hands. :-) -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:27

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
Although, it would be cool if the webcam could be used for OCR. Remember that old tech support joke about people putting a page in front of their screen to have the computer read it, then wondering why it didn't work? Well. ... -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or

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2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Oh, I knew right off the bat what the delay was about, no worries. However, the one consistent hangup I am seeing so far is with scanning multiple pages. For instance, the first page scans beautifully, but when scanning any subsequent pages, Docuscan just hangs indefinitely while processing

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi Jenny, I'll have a look. This didn't seem to be an issue while in beta, so who knows? This would be using autoread or using simple scan? -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 29, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Jenny Wood wrote: Oh, I knew right off the bat

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2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
This problem occurs when using simple scan. I haven't been saving the file, but simply clicking on the Scan next page button. I will play with it some more and see what I can come up with. -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On

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2011-04-29 Thread David Tanner
They have been saying that they are going to do an app for iPhone during second quarter 2011. Guess what we are already in second quarter. - Original Message - From: Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:39 PM Subject:

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2011-04-29 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Jenny, Did you get the demo from serotalk? I don't think there is a demo on the Mac app store. There are at least beta drivers for my scanner. Haven't checked recently to see if they're out of beta yet. It would be great if this would be an efficient solution for use on a Mac. I love K1000,

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2011-04-29 Thread David Tanner
You can use it with any scanner that has Mac drivers. So, I have a Canon Lide 200 which does have Mac drivers. So, I can use it with DocuScan Plus. s - Original Message - From: Kevin Reeves li...@kevinreeves.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:48

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2011-04-29 Thread brandt
Remember, sighted folks pay for programs they need just like we do, it's just so typically blind to complain that most do it as a reflex action, come on! Wake up and smell the roses, we are not alone at paying for things we need, and after all if you do a job, won't you expect payment for it?

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2011-04-29 Thread David Tanner
Sorry to disappoint, but the email I got from Serotek says that they will start selling the camera on May 1st for $499. - Original Message - From: Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 6:02 AM Subject: Re: For those who can

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2011-04-29 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: It isn't that blind people typically feel that we have to get free applications, services, etc. It's most likely more about the sub-poberty level conditions most blind people are consigned to live under that governs how most blind people see expenditures of this type. I am

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2011-04-29 Thread David Tanner
So, is there no way to scan and recognize if you are not connected to the internet? - Original Message - From: Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 9:30 AM Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
Not currently, no. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:22 PM, David Tanner wrote: So, is there no way to scan and recognize if you are not connected to the internet? - Original Message - From: Buddy Brannan

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2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi Mary, Actually, I downloaded my demo directly from the app store. Upon seeing the note about the release on this list, I visited the app store on my mac, performed a search for docuscan, and it pulled up Docuscan Plus right away. It's listed as free. Just as on the iPhone, it installs

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2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Oh, and I would probably do what you can to ensure your scanner is up and running properly before getting started with the seven-day trial. This will ensure you get the most out of your demo. grin I made that mistake with Abby Fine Reader before. -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email:

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2011-04-29 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks a lot, Jenny. From listening to the demo, it didn't sound like you could do two pages, and they also didn't go over any ocr adjustment possibilities, column identification etc. The prefs only seem to have to do with braille or speech output for files. And thanks for the note on the

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2011-04-29 Thread Krister Ekstrom
I don't get this at all, in the swedish app store they say Docuscan plus is free, is there a hidden cost somewhere or what gives? /Krister 29 apr 2011 kl. 14.46 skrev Matthew Campbell: Hi. Seems a little pricy to me as a college student who doesn't have any funding that's all. On

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2011-04-29 Thread Christopher Peppel
Hi Buddy and Jenny: I just downloaded the software and it works great. I scanned a second page and nothing seemed to happen. Other then that, it was nice to get rid of a weeks worth of junk mail. Chris On Apr 29, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Hi Jenny, I'll have a look. This

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2011-04-29 Thread Christopher Peppel
Hi Mary, Other then having a possible problem scanning the second page in simple scan, it works great. Now I am just waiting for the Hovercam which was shipped yesterday. Chris On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi Jenny, Did you get the demo from serotalk? I don't think there

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2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
WHat do you feel is a fair price? This is a serious question. I have read a number of messages where people have said the cost is to high. SO, what is a fair price? What about the cost of a product like ABBYY Fine Reader at $100. Is that a fair price? How do you equate a fair price based on

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2011-04-29 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, Mary and all. Mary writes I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to take a pic of two pages with that camera they're going to sell. You can't do it with the one from abisee, as I understand it. I apologise for the contradiction, but you can, in fact, take a picture of two pages at a time with

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
Funny you say this. How do you determine if the general developer will develop something we all can use. How do you determine if a product would meet your needs as well as the sighted community? In other words our needs may be different then their needs, which is not unusual. I'm not defending

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
I would pay for a product like this, if they removed the cloud features and just had 1 simple program, that could perform everything on the local computer. I would buy this straight away for college, but my macbook isn't always connected to the internet. The cloud is OK for some things, but

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
Buddy, I was seriously considering this product, but honestly not having the ability to scan items locally would likely be a deal killer. Sure the Internet is always on, but I can see where this type of setup may not work in a corporate environment since scanned documents are actually leaving

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
Ashley, I'd like to see the ability to scan/store locally as well as the cloud perhaps; however, I concur with your comments. I thought it was possible to scan/store locally, but I guess all the OCR occurs in the cloud and that presents some issues for me. A really neat idea though. On Apr 29,

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Aman Singer
Besides the corporate environment, I hardly wish to be uploading my private information to anyone. In machines with comparitively slow processors, I can understand the cloud being at least an option. However, even the Mac Mini has the processing power and RAM to do the work locally. I wouldn't

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Christopher Peppel
Hi there, I think that when it means your independence and the fact that you don't have to depend On Apr 29, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Aman Singer wrote: Hi, Mary and all. Mary writes I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to take a pic of two pages with that camera they're going to sell. You

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Brett C.
Hi Krister, When you open the Docuscan application you are prompted for a user name and password. You can navigate to the more info button, which will direct you to docuscanplus.com On this site you will find the option to register for a 7 day trial or purchase the product. You can also find

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Oh wow, I didn't realize the updates would be available at no extra cost. That's certainly something, anyway. When I think about how much money we have invested in access technology over the years, and the dollars spent for upgrades to software packages I have already paid a fortune for,

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Well, just to be sure one thing is clear, you can save your files on to your local hard drive. Now having said that, it would be nice to have the choice where recognition is concerned. Honestly, my biggest complaint about the cloud approach is the time it takes to send the data to the server,

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
After having played with this some more, I can definitely say that performing multiple scans seems to work fine when using autoread. The simple scan is very inconsistent when using the Scan next page button, but once I close that window and start a new simple scan, it works fine, just tedious,

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
It's free to download the application and activate a seven-day trial. When you open the program for the first time, there will be a Learn more button you can access to get more information about how the seven-day trial works and details about the program itself. -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972)

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2011-04-29 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi. I'd consider paying for DocuScan if it was $100 cheeper. This would account for the licensing of the OCR, and the blindness related features. As a college student with no funding, $100 goes a long way. On 2011-04-29, at 1:24 PM, Scott Howell wrote: WHat do you feel is a fair price? This

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi: You can also search for your particular scaner's drivers for Mac. One helpful source: is www.open drivers.com (note: not the actual link.) HTH someone. Carolyn On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: even if it doesn't out of th box, some scanner manufacturers have drivers

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread carolyn Haas
Ok, you've said this twice. Think we've got it. On Apr 29, 2011, at 7:58 AM, Tony Hernandez wrote: Hi. I think looking at this price in a positive light just because it's lower is what keeps the prices high. It's accepted. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
That's the policy for the Serotek screen readers. I expect that updates will be free for a long time, but no promises that upgrades will never incur a charge. By way of comparison though, the previous version of Document Scan sold for $159. I believe this became available in 2005. The price

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2011-04-29 Thread LaMcAs
If you check the HoverCam website you can buy the T5V for $319.99 I do believe! So although you think the actual program is lightly prices they are jerking the extra $180 bucks out of you for the camera! www.thehovercam.com Larry Flax GD (Guide Dog) Elliot RTG (Retired Guide Dog) London, UK

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2011-04-29 Thread Buddy Brannan
I would take the lower price. I have not personally dealt with the Hovercam folks, so I don't know about their customer service and so forth. Still, the site, last I saw, said Shipping on March 17th. It's quite a long time after that now, so one supposes you can get it shipped to your door at

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Cakes
Hi all, Does anyone know what fast scanners work with the Mac? Johnny On 4/29/2011 8:09 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: It works with scanners as well, assuming your scanner works with the mac, unfortnately a lot of scanners don't, but if yours does, you should be good to go. On Apr 29, 2011, at

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Cakes
Hi Chris! Please excuse my ignorance, but what's a hovercam? Johnny On 4/29/2011 1:20 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote: Hi Mary, Other then having a possible problem scanning the second page in simple scan, it works great. Now I am just waiting for the Hovercam which was shipped yesterday.

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Cakes
Hi Jenny, May I ask what scanner are you using? Johnny On 4/29/2011 2:12 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: After having played with this some more, I can definitely say that performing multiple scans seems to work fine when using autoread. The simple scan is very inconsistent when using the Scan next

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, How many cheaper alternatives are there? What do you use now for your OCR needs? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hi. I'd consider paying for DocuScan if it was $100

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Really, That is an excellent question. I could be off a bit but, isn't this about 80% cheaper then the next access tech OCR solution for the Mac? IDK. For me at least, money won't be the major issue if I buy this or not. I think this price range allows most to just go by its performance

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
I suppose that all depends on your own personal definition of fast, but I can tell you that my Canoscan 8800F works very well. It scans relatively fast, in my humble opinion. :-) -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On Apr 29, 2011,

RE: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Tony Hernandez
I'd say $150 or so at the absolute highest. Anything much higher than that seems prohibitive to me. Most folks have to work a long time with significant effort to put away $300 after taxes and costs for food, clothing, and shelter. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the conclusion

RE: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Tony Hernandez
This would be especially important in the legal or medical field or any other field where confidentiality is imperative and in some countries even enforced by the law of the land. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi Mary, Actually, the text of the scan is presented in an html content format, just as it might be presented in Safari. Therefore, it does appear to display tables okay, as far as I can tell for now. I need to find a bill or something around here I can scan and read just to verify that, but

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