[nabs-l] Scanning And Reading Appliance (SARA) vs. Kurzweil

[Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.]

Wow we're at it, this conversation reminds me of how not too long ago we were very resistant about using Mac computers.

I think many were not willing to think outside the box, even when the power of a screen reader came packaged with one's computer.

I am somewhat skeptical about how much hold the Freedom Scientifics, and the Humanwares have on the AT market. I would be willing to take bets on what company you think might fold first.

Why do you think it takes long for people to leave there no Kia phones behind for a more powerful Apple device. For that matter, why do we resist joint devices so much now?

Why should it  take three meetings at an appeal with your rehab agency to buy Fine Reader, and only a phone call to get Kurzweil purchased?

Antonio

 On Jul 12, 20:59 PM, "Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr." <freethaught at gmail.com>
> Steve and Joe,
> 
> It occurs to me that using fine reader is not simply a choice over using Kurzweil, or Sara, or Openbook.
> 
> I would like to know more details about the fine reader package so that I can add it to my arsenal of scanning solutions.
> 
> I wouldn't mind dropping $40 on a speedy scanner that I can later converted to, and use within Kurzweil.
> 
> I am sure I can get used to the interface, and would love the portability and speak that fine reader  will provide.
> 
> So, is fine reader compatible with the Mac computer?
> 
> Can also be used with APC machine?
> 
> How portable is it?
> 
> Where can I buy the thing?
> 
> And finally, Joe, would you be so kind as to provide a price match should I not be able to find find the reader for the price you have? Big smile.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Antonio
> 
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:02 PM, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Good question. Sara and kurzweil do similar things but are made by different companies.
>> 
>> Also, what does the sara speech sound like? Does it have the same synthesizers as jaws?
>> Do sara and kurzweil support the same file types such as conversion to a word file and mp3 files?
>> I think sara is more expensive being a stand alone product but not sure.
>> 
>> Ashley
>> -----Original Message----- From: Justin Young
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 3:45 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Scanning And Reading Appliance (SARA) vs. Kurzweil
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Hope you are doing well.  I was wondering if any of you have used a
>> devise called Scanning And Reading Appliance (SARA) from Freedom
>> Scientific?  I currently have Kurzweil, but was interested in hearing
>> if anyone knew if it handled documents better than Kurzweil?  For
>> example, at least with my version of Kurzweil, you can't really do
>> anything with handwritten text.  Can SARA support these types of
>> documents?  Just curious if anyone first hand could provide any
>> information on this devise.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Justin
>> 
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