Hi Sharon: I would say you may not need to invest in Freedom Scientific's Open book for scanning. Your Mac will interface with many scanners, and you can do perfectly well using image capture and a good OCR program such as Abbyy Fine reader. It costs a lot less than Open book, and people are using it quite successfully. However, go with what you feel wil work best for you.
Carolyn Haas chaas0...@gmail.com On Oct 26, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Sharon Ballantyne wrote: > Hello all, > > I have not used the mac computer systems in about fifteen years but am making > the final decisions for my purchase of an IMac. Does anyone have advice. I am > a totally blind user. I have decided it will be most useful to bootcamp my > computer so as to have scanning capabilities. I am told there is no > accessible software on the Mac for my scanning needs? I ahve been using > kerzweil. Right now I am planning to go with Freedom Scientific's openbook > and the Freedom Scientific Pearl which is portable and uses a camera rather > than a flat bed scanner. Before I make that commitment I want to be sure > there is nothing out there for the Mac. > > I am planning to use iwork but there have been some suggestions I go with > Microsoft for Mac. I currently use Jaws 11 on a windows 7 with Microsoft > office 2007. > > My primary uses on the computer are: word processing, excel, e-mail and > internet searches as well as scanning outlined above. I have no technical > background. > > It was suggested I get 500 gb and a separate 500 gb external drive for backup > rather than the 1 terabite. > If anyone has any advice to throw in before I make the final purchase > decisions, that would be great. > > E-mail off list can be sent to: > sbal...@nexicom.net > > Thank-you, > Sharon in Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
