Yes, open book is the same program I bought. It cost $1000 US back in 1999. 
That was a lot of money back then.

Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.

> On Sep 28, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Kerri <kootenaycr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Great attitude, Chuck, except that in Canada I paid ore than that for a flat 
> bed scanner and open book, later kurtzweil 1000.
> ***
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> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Chuck Dean <cadean...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It amazes me how the App Store his turn so many reasonable people into 
>> extremely miserly human beings. 15 years ago I spent over $1500 for OCR 
>> programs and a flatbed scanner so I could read my mail. It worked about 60% 
>> of the time, and I was very happy with that
>> 
>> Today I went to the desert botanical gardens and walked around with my knfb 
>> reader, reading signs and learning about the desert fauna and how the Native 
>> American people survived in such incredible heat before air-conditioning. It 
>> was amazing. Hundred dollars is a very small price to pay to have magic in 
>> my hand.
>> 
>> Chuck (mobile)
>> Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
>> 
>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Really Alan? Perfectly? Nothing works perfectly. Not even applications the 
>>> cost several hundred dollars. Not when it comes to OCR.
>>> Mary
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 2:26 PM, "Alan Paganelli" 
>>>> <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> If I paid 99 bucks for an app, it damn well had better work perfectly.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Alan
>>>> 
>>>> Go Chicago Bears in 2014!
>>>> 
>>>> Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents?  Act now!!!!! 
>>>> Move out.  Get a job.  Pay your bills wile you still know everything.
>>>> 
>>>> Please click on:
>>>> HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/
>>>> There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on
>>>> the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard.  The albums in Technics  format formerly on 
>>>> my website are still available upon request.  Thanks for listening!
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicky Collins" 
>>>> <v-coll...@sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 9:35 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: KNFB reader rocks!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I've had good luck reading things with this app, even on my 4S,
>>>> more luck than with any other app I have purchased, or with the
>>>> KNFB Reader on the Nokia N 82, for that matter.  Oh, I'm not
>>>> claiming that it is perfect by any means; but, for my purposes of
>>>> sorting my mail and the like, I am able to get good enough
>>>> results to get the job done to my satisfaction.
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Shirley" <listm...@eircom.net
>>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>> Date sent: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:01:39 +0100
>>>> Subject: Re: KNFB reader rocks!
>>>> 
>>>> Is it worth the money then? 99 dollars seems an awful lot of
>>>> money to pay
>>>> for an ap.
>>>> But if it works, I wouldnt mind paying.
>>>> Shirley
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Chuck Dean
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 8:19 PM
>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: KNFB reader rocks!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I am having lunch at my local sandwich shop.  They have a menu
>>>> mounted on the
>>>> wall behind the cash register.
>>>> I took a picture of the menu...  Worked pretty well!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Chuck (mobile)
>>>> Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
>>>> 
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