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There are several reading pens in the market, but none of them is as
powerfull as the one you want, at least the ones I know. You can try the
following sites:
<http://www.cpen.com/>
<http://www.ctechnologies.se/>
<http://www.irislink.com/>
<http://www.readingpen.com/>
I bought an Iris pen scanner one year ago, but I was not skilled enough to
use it with good results, due probabily to my low vision problems, and I
returned the device after a trial period.
Best regards
Manuel Costa
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De: Tina Miller <[log in to unmask]>
Para: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Fecha: lunes, 08 de marzo de 1999 0:04
Asunto: hand held scanner
>Hello,
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> I am wondering if there is such a device as this: a hand held
>device that would allow a person with low-vision to scan this device
>over print and it would then speak the print out loud as it is being
>scanned. I know there are all kinds of screen readers and optical
>character recognition programs for scanners connected to computers. I
>am looking for something that is hand held and does not have to be
>hooked up to a computer to read the text aloud. I also know there are
>hand held devices you can hook up to a TV screen to display enlarged
>text. I am looking for something that does not attach to anything, but
>can speak the text aloud. I realize this may not exist, but thought I
>would give it a shot. I attend the Closing the Gap conference every
>year and have not seen anything like it there but maybe I didn't look
>hard enough. Please e-mail me at: [log in to unmask]
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