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In article <800858849wnr@draycot.demon.co.uk>, poole@draycot.demon.co.uk 
says...
>
>I bought a Siscan 24 flatbed scanner from Staples today for 150 
>quid.  The scanner appears to be identical to the Spot Scantak 2c as 
>sold by Novatech, but there the similarity ends.  Novatech supply 
>"Scantastic" software, and one piece of paper with the scanner 
>refers to this, but the supplied CD is called "Avail"
>
>The instructions cover only the scanner itself and the TWAIN driver 
>on the floppy, which is not surprising as the other software appears 
>to be largely shareware or pirated.  The "install" program doesn't 
>load, Paintshop Pro v3 opens with the usual "30 days then 50-odd 
>quid to register" warning, Textbridge tells you to send off a 
>registration card (which isn't, of course provided), and the 
>fax/copy software asks for "Disk 1" during its setup (from CD).  
>There is no obvious integration of the software, and Textbridge 
>refuses to integrate with WP or MS Word.
>Has anyone else used this scanner and software?  Has anyone had any 
>better luck with it? 

It doesn't sound promising. I'd go with a "name brand" which is a) better 
supported, and b) more likely to have less problems with other programs. Nothing 
like having an orphan that refuses to run with the latest O/S.