only 5 megapixels damn that's redulous the camera my girlfriend totes around is 12 and costs $200 so what's the extra couple hundred buying you???? I am tired f blindness products raping us cause they can a camera and a tripod wow thats ot worth tha tkind of money for only 5 mp, the new I phones have that inside what kind of optics do ou get for that money are they top of the line optics? i suspect that they are no metter than the cannon my gf uses t take incredible pictures and doing it int he cloud is a deal breaker if I'm at the library I don't necessarily have access to the internet... now if this would read another computer's screen or the menus of the cable box from the tv screen I'd by it in a heartbeat otherwise too much for somethign that requires the internet when we all have fast mac computers already the cloudis a lame concept when my old pentium 3 1 gig machien with 128 mb memry coudl run open book my mac is orders of magnatude faster dual core priessors and 4 gb mmory why the hell do we bother with the cloud unless they want to look at what we are scanning dos the cloud need to know if I'm scanning a box of trojans? lol
On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Matthew, I understand as a college student the cost might be a bit steep. > HOwever, I'm not so sure the cost is completely out of line. Perhaps if this > was not hosted in the cloud it could be a little less expensive. Maybe an > educational discount would be nice, but likely not $100 discount. Of course > you have to consider that they are marketing the product to more than college > students. > Now if you could get an iOS version that would talk to an external camera or > even use the camera on the iOS device, that would up the value factor IMHO. > Btw, I understand the Hover Camera is only 5 megapixels, which for $499 I > thought maybe it would be a bit more; however, maybe that is sufficient for > most scans. > > 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. > 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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