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There is a list of reccommended scanners on the Kursweil site,
and I'm sure available from freedomScientific also.  Stick to one
of those.

And or call your software vendor and ask about particular models
before you buy.

Scanning resolution of 400 DPI is all that's reccommended for
OCR, so if you are absolutely sure it won't be used for other
things, then cheaper is probablyh O.K. pending other differences.

To tell a SCSI interface from parallel requires checking out the
software settings for the scanner, or looking inside the
computer.

If the connector from the scanner which is the same for both
parallel and SCSI ports, goes to a small board with only that one
thing on it, it is probably a SCSI interface.

If that connector goes through a cable to a board with lots of
stuff and other connectors on it, its most likely a parallel
port.

both SCSI and parallel interfaces are going out of style these
days, as long as you're running windows 98SE or later systems,and
relatively recent hardware, you can probably use USB connections
which should be less trouble prone, I said should, anything can
go wrong with anything. <G>

tom Fowle


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