Oh, by the way, I don't find the focus 40 Blue cumbersome at all to carry around. It's actually lighter than my Braille Lite 40.
Teresa "Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself."--Albert Einstein On Apr 4, 2012, at 3:46 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > I asked about the price of a Focus 40 Blue. They said $2,800. Now I think > that's high, but it has 40 cells. The more cells, the more money. I think > $5,000 is for those 80 cell displays. What you're going to do with your > braille, display just like computers, determines how many cells you need. I > have to have 40 because of doing braille proofreading. However, if I wanted > one to carry around for church so I could read my Bible or hymn music, on an > iPad, maybe one of those 12 or 18 cell ones would be the ticket. It would be > even better to carry around with an iPad or iPhone if the price were less > than $1500. You would have to have a good reason or be lucky enough to afford > the luxury to spend $1500 on a display for your iPad while traveling. I have > found, because I do a little traveling with my 40 cell display that it does > add significantly to the weight of your MacBookPro to carry the display > around. > > To make this topic more Mac related, I was impressed, to say the least, when > I found out how many braille displays would work with VoiceOver. There were > ones on the list I had never heard of. I don't believe any of the other > screen readers could say that their program could support that many displays. > There's a fair number with Jaws, and somebody could correct me about this, > but I don't think it's as many as VoiceOver. > > Regards, > Gigi > > > > Eugenia Firth > gigifi...@sbcglobal.net > > > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 9:06 PM, David Tanner wrote: > >> I understand where you are coming from, but it is good to see that there are >> some displays starting to come down to a somewhat more reasonable price. For >> example, the Braille PPen with 12 cells for $999 is not a bad price even >> though it only has 12 cells. The new 16 cell display and basic notetaker >> from Perkins Products for $1,549 is a better deal too. And, the Refresh A >> Braille from American Printing House for the Blind with 18 cells for $1,695 >> is a good deal, and a very well made display. >> >> Don't get me wrong, I realize these prices are still too high for many >> people, but at least we are starting to see prices down to where more people >> may at least have a chance of saving up to buy one. But, at $5,000 for a 40 >> cell display very few people can afford a Braille display without help from >> somewhere. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Mannion" <mannion...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:13 PM >> Subject: Re: A Question Regarding OCR >> >> >>> Hi Mark, >>> I envy you acquiring the braille display especially. I really wish I >>> were incorrect, but I know I am not missing anything or out of date in >>> my understanding that the price of braille displays are just >>> rediculously out of sight in price about 3 to 4 times over and then >>> some. Still being a common man and feeling blessed and lucky to be >>> able to achieve a few thousand in savings at any point in time at best >>> I don't think a braille display for personal use is anywhere in my >>> near future. Maybe I have already said too much, but what it takes to >>> be able to obtain such technology just makes you throw your hands up >>> in frustration. >>> >>> On 4/2/12, David Tanner <david.tanner...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> And, I bet it is a lot cheaper too. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jim Gatteys" <jgatt...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:35 PM >>>> Subject: Re: A Question Regarding OCR >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all! >>>> Has anybody used Abby fine reader express for the mac? I just downloaded a >>>> trial version and it was much better than a few years ago. It worked with >>>> my old epson perfection scanner and I was able to scan and edit a document. >>>> I guess it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of kurzweil but for >>>> basic >>>> stuff it seemed fine. I am seriously considering a purchase of fine >>>> reader. >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2012, at 8:21 PM, David Tanner wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is alive and well... Do you have version 12 patch 4? That is the >>>>> latest release and there is some support for at least one digital camera >>>>> in that patch upgrade. >>>>> >>>>> As far as Kurzweil 1000 on the Mac; the news isn't good. There is >>>>> Kurzweil3000 for the Mac, but the folks at Cambian Learning don't think >>>>> they can make enough profit on us blind folks so they say they will not >>>>> release a version for Apple because if every blind person baught a copy of >>>>> >>>>> Kurzweil1000 for Mac they still couldn't make enough profit to make it >>>>> worth it for them to do that. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <br...@hostany.net> >>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 8:04 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: A Question Regarding OCR >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Any hope for those of us Kurzweil users? I could live with my old Epson >>>>>> Perfection scanner, but the new HP all in one takes forever. It's true >>>>>> that it's quieter by a lot, but it's probably 30 to 45 seconds on the >>>>>> scanning phase. I hate the mail now more than I ever did, but I don't >>>>>> have the space nor USB ports for both devices on the desk. If I ever went >>>>>> >>>>>> back to college, I'd seriously look into a sighted person over what I >>>>>> have now. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> >>>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:30 PM >>>>>> Subject: A Question Regarding OCR >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In addition to being the proud owner of a Focus 40 Blue, I also obtained >>>>>>> Freedom Scientific's Pearl camera along with OpenBook 9.0. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To put it simply, I am stunned with the OCR performance in both OpenBook >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> the accuracy of the camera along with the dazzling speed of the image >>>>>>> acquisition experience. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think what blows my mind the most is the motion detection that allows >>>>>>> one >>>>>>> to turn pages and when the new page is in view of the camera, it >>>>>>> automatically takes a photo and begins the OCR process. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I swear it feels as though I have a sighted person reading for me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I could go on and on but ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I realize that the pearl has been out for quite some time and am >>>>>>> wondering >>>>>>> if anyone knows if it will work with anything on the Mac. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I know one thing for sure, with the Pearl in my toolbox, I have put my >>>>>>> scanner away for good. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Chat with me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jimintexas >>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimintexas >>>> Skype: jimintexas >>>> Yahoo or Aim/Ichat: jgatteys >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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