I, like others, have tried Docuscan Plus today. So far, I am impressed, but I don't know if it's to the tune of $299. I agree the necessity of being connected to the internet in order to use the program is definitely a legitimate caveat. I don't really know that I want my account numbers and other sensitive information I will likely need to scan residing out there on the cloud. What's wrong with being able to scan these documents locally?
I suffered the death of an old windows XP desktop computer this past week that I was running Kurzweil 1000 on. It is an older version that doesn't run on any of my current Windows 7 machines or my Macbook Pro, which is my favorite computer. I just bought a Cannon Lied 210 and bought Vuscan just to be able to scan photographs and the like, as the drivers that are included with the Cannon scanner are not accessible with VO. I guess the bottom line for me is do I buy something like ABBYY Fine Reader or do I go with DocuScan Plus? I'm going to keep trying Docuscan out this week, and make my decision later. On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hi. > I'd consider paying for DocuScan if it was $100 cheeper. This would account > for the licensing of the OCR, and the blindness related features. As a > college student with no funding, $100 goes a long way. > > On 2011-04-29, at 1:24 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> WHat do you feel is a fair price? This is a serious question. I have read a >> number of messages where people have said the cost is to high. SO, what is a >> fair price? What about the cost of a product like ABBYY Fine Reader at $100. >> Is that a fair price? How do you equate a fair price based on features? >> >> On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Tony Hernandez wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I think looking at this price in a positive light just because it's lower is >>> what keeps the prices high. It's accepted. >>> >>> Tony Hernandez >>> http://dutyofman.net/ >>> Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His >>> commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every >>> work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether >>> it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 5:48 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on >>> the mac app store. >>> >>> Be nice if they would toss in the camera for a few dollars more. :) I gather >>> with the camera it would be almost $500. I would like to see a demo on the >>> Mac actually. THis is certainly a better deal than most other products on >>> the market that are geared toward the blind and visually impaired user. Now >>> I may also be wrong, but didn't the $299 also give you access to the >>> web-based product and something on the iOS platform> assuming that becomes >>> available? >>> >>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Kevin >>>> I made a quick test this morning with my canon lide 100 and it worked. >>>> Now it is intresting to see if it can make something readable out of >>>> swedish text. If so I deffently gonna buy this. More simple solution >>>> than use vuescan, to abbyy, and to textedit wich works well but very >>>> much work to get a document scanned. >>>> Regards Tony >>>> >>>> >>>> 2011/4/29, Kevin Reeves <li...@kevinreeves.net>: >>>>> Hey folks. SO glad to see this is finally available on the mac. One >>> question >>>>> comes to mind as I am not as familiar with this product. Does this only >>> work >>>>> with cameras like the hover cam, or can I use it with a cheap Canoscan >>> 25? >>>>> Thanks so much. >>>>> >>>>> Kevin >>>>> On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Still cheaper than the other blindness oriented OCR solutions, such as >>>>>> K1000, Open Book, Eye-Pal, etc. >>>>>> Andy >>>>>> >>>>>> P. S. I wonder if they are considering doing something for the iPhone. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer." >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:06 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on >>>>>> the >>>>>> mac app store. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Listers. >>>>>> DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store. >>>>>> Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it. >>>>>> Hope this actually benefits someone. >>>>>> the Infuriated Matt Campbell. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> Tony Bernedal >>>> tony.berne...@gmail.com >>>> Blog och info om it och teknik för synskadade. >>>> www.tbteknik.se >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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. 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