[il-talk] need help finding technology

[David Meyer]

Kayla,

I can't help but weigh in on your situation after reading several emails by
you and others. Even if your counsellor might help you with textbooks, you
may want to have a scanning program anyway. You could use it to read
handouts, class syllabi and other things. If you have an iPhone or an
android device, the best thing would be the KNFB Reader. It is portable,
very accurate and inexpensive at $100.

If you would rather go with a program that uses a scanner that you would use
on your laptop, I have found Docuscan Plus from System Access to work quite
well. It does a good job with scanning and is especially fast with PDF
documents. It will also read some JPG files. You may scan books with it if
you wish. The cost is around $300. If you need to purchase a scanner, you
should be able to do so for about $75. The other option would be to purchase
an all in one printer which includes a scanner and a copy feature. I havbe
foumd Cannon products to work well with Docuscan. If you are interested in
Docuscan, please contact me off list with your phone number.

-----Original Message-----
From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kayla James
via il-talk
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 3:22 PM
To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
Cc: Kayla James; cathy randall
Subject: Re: [il-talk] need help finding technology

I'm sorry, guys. So much drama has been going on at home, I totally forgot.
My school disability counselor said she'd helped me with my books. I'll find
things to spend it on. Thank you, everyone. You're all so kind.

On 6/22/16, cathy randall via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Kayla,
>   Listen to Andrew!
> 					Cathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kayla 
> James via il-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 7:06 PM
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Cc: Kayla James
> Subject: [il-talk] need help finding technology
>
> Hi, guys. This is Kayla James and I need help. I am trying to find a 
> piece of technology for college. I have a new laptop, but I'm thinking 
> of getting a scanner to read printed material, like textbooks. Also, 
> any other college adaptive product suggestions would be appreciated.
> I have $500 from Delta Gamma sorority. Can anyone help?
>
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