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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> tech-vi@groups.io <tech-vi@groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Goldfield<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 25, 2022 11:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tech-VI Announcement List <tech-vi@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> [tech-vi Announce List] From Vispero: ACB Convention Specials; Valid >From July 1 Through July 31<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From the Tech-VI list owner: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Several hardware products are being offered at discount prices. Of note the Pearl Camera will have a discounted price of $200.00 and the OpenBook scanning and reading software will be made available at the extremely attractive price of $195.00.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last year I wrote a <a href="https://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com/2021/08/15/my-thoughts-on-the-pearl-scanning-and-reading-camera-from-freedom-scientific/">blog post</a> with my thoughts on both the Pearl as well as OpenBook which you are free to read. In spite of my criticisms of the current state of OpenBook I still feel that it has tremendous benefits if you need to scan printed text on a Windows machine. While the blog post discusses my experiences using OpenBook on Windows 10 it should be said that the software installs and works just as well on Windows 11. If you were considering purchasing this software doing so during the month of July would be the best time to do so considering its price during that month.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://vispero.com/events/acb-2022/?utm_medium=social&hss_channel=tw-2382446636">Original Source</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:Poppins;color:#222222;font-weight:normal'>Convention Specials<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h3 style='margin:0in;line-height:14.4pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><strong><span style='font-family:Poppins;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Hardware Products – Special Pricing Available July 1 – 31, 2022</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Poppins;color:#222222;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://store.freedomscientific.com/collections/video-magnifiers/products/ruby-handheld-video-magnifier"><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=480 height=480 style='width:5.0in;height:5.0in' id="_x0000_i1043" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D88884.D597B6E0" alt="RUBY Handheld Video Magnifier"></span><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><br></span><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RUBY Handheld Video Magnifier</span></a><br>$250<br>Call 1-800-444-4443 for this special price<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://www.enhancedvision.com/shop/low-vision-products/pebble-hd"><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=390 height=390 style='width:4.0583in;height:4.0583in' id="_x0000_i1042" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D88884.D597B6E0" alt="Pebble HD"></span><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><br></span><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Pebble HD</span></a><br>$350<br>Call 1-800-444-4443 for this special price<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://store.freedomscientific.com/collections/video-magnifiers/products/ruby-xl-hd-handheld-video-magnifier"><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=480 height=480 style='width:5.0in;height:5.0in' id="_x0000_i1041" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D88884.D597B6E0" alt="RUBY XL HD"></span><span style='color:#007ACC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>RUBY XL HD Handheld Video Magnifier</span></a><br>$600<br>Call 1-800-444-4443 for this special price<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://store.freedomscientific.com/collections/computer-connected-scanning-and-reading/products/pearl-portable-reading-camera"><span style='color:#007ACC;borde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