[Athen] Scanner Hardware -- slight twist: what model for a blind student?

[Ron Stewart]

I would be a bit concerned about this low level of equipment given the amount of information the typical Grad students needs to consume.  This is great tech for reading soup labels and the like but not suitable for consuming grad level academic content.

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Hayman
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:56 AM
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The Pearl Document Camera paired with OpenBook, both by Freedom Scientific is good for a user who is blind and not needing to scan lots of pages.

 

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Nettie Fischer <nettiet at gmail.com> wrote:

I have and use a Canon LiDE 210 and have been pleased with the output.

 

Nettie's Nickel

 

On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Alexa Schriempf <ats169 at psu.edu> wrote:

Hi all: 

 

I'm in a wonderful and unique position of being able to purchase a scanner and Kurzweil 1000 for use by a blind PhD student; this equipment will be set up in the building where they work. 

 

Any recommendations for non-professional grade scanners, preferably of the Canon variety since its software apparently works a little better with K1000? I'd like to have high resolution and a document feeder, at a minimum. 

 

Suggestions?

 

-Alexa


 

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