I was there and saw it. It comes with a bookedge scanner. They are
supposed to send a unit to us to try. If I get it, I'll keep you posted.
From the little I've seen, it could be good competition for Kurzweil and
OpenBook.
Spero Pipakis
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Subject: [VICUG-L] Book Reading for Vision Impaired.
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| Reading Peripheral is Devoted to Book Reading for Vision Impaired.
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| January 18, 2006.
| Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA.
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| ORLANDA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2006--Plustek Inc
| (www.plustek.com/bat), a manufacturer of consumer, prosumer and
professional
| imaging devices, announced today that the company will be exhibiting
| at
the
| Assistive Technology show (ATIA 2006) held in Orlando from Jan. 18
| through 21. Plustek personnel will be demonstrating the company's new
text-to-speech
| peripheral device, the Plustek Book Reader. The Book Reader is the
| only reading peripheral device under $700 that is devoted totally to
| book
reading
| for the vision impaired. Plustek's Book Reader integrates high-speed
| scanning, high-quality speech voice and highly accurate text-to-speech
| and optical character recognition functionality all in one device.
| Additional features, expressly designed for the vision impaired
| audience, include: magnify functions, fonts controls, volume controls,
| speech controls, book mark functions, PDF reading - making this a
| highly versatile computer companion.
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| The Book Reader comes with optical character recognition (OCR), and
| text-to-speech (TTS) software, both of which allow the scanner to copy
| and "read" the documents scanned. To use these features, the user just
| simply places a book or document on the screen and at the press of one
| button,
the
| book is scanned for "reading" pleasure. With a single one-touch
| button,
the
| Book Reader transforms printed words into audio output, which can be
| saved in MP3 format for future access.
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| Embedded OCR guarantees accurate scan results and allows the software
| to rotate disoriented text to generate a clear message for the user.
| The unit comes with Plustek-patented SEE(TM) Technology which uses a
| curved lamp to provide a clear scan of the book without distortion for
| big, bulky books.
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| Sales/Purchase
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| The Plustek Book Reader is available by contacting Plustek's
| headquarters directly at [log in to unmask]
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