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Article #301Re: talking scanner thing
From: Doug McLaren
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:31
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:31
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On 2008-11-09, the wharf rat <wrat@panix.com> wrote: | I'm looking for a scanner wand that will process scanned text into | speech with either a loadable dictionary or a way to manually add | new words. Well, I imagine the blind use something like that, but that's probably what you find when you talk about commercial or "professional" units. Still, some blind FAQ or something might have some suggestions ... And I'll bet they all choke on technical words. And adding new words seems like something few would offer at any price. And I'll bet you're aware of all of this already. -- Doug McLaren, dougmc@frenzied.us First corollary to Clarke's Third Law: `Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced'
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