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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Marianne, thanks for all the information you
provided me with . I do not as of yet own either openbook or kurzweill. I have a
stand alone machine, Aladin Ambassador, from a company that went out of business
a few years ago, telesensory. I needed to buy myself a new notetaker to store
information for my job earlier this year, so I am strapped for cash to buy
either product. However, I plan to buy either product sometime in the future.
Just curious to know, which product do you use. I ended buying myself a pacmate
omni, since I like the company and customer service is very happy assistance to
assist when needed. Also, the proice was more affordable than the braillenote
from humanware. I went down to the NFB technology and had a chance to see all
notetakerxs from various companies. All work on a windows platform, but the
prices range from 2895 from freedom scientific to 6000$ from humanwareand one
company Hims is based in Korea. I found the speech output on that product hardd
to understand. So, since price was a consideration I bought the pacmate omni
from Freedom scientific. Thanks again for all the valuable
information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sara Rooz TVI in New York City</FONT></DIV>
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