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4 total messages Started by the wharf rat Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:36

#299

Author: the wharf rat
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:36

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	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.  Like those old cuecat scanners, but I want it to do text 
to speech conversion on the fly and it's a technical subject so "see dick
and jane run" won't be sufficient in the dictionary department...  There are 
commercial or "professional" units that do this but they cost several 
thousand dollars.

	I've found only one model that's less than 1000 and I'm not sure
it'll work; the vocabulary seems aimed at the high school level and 
younger...

Re: talking scanner thing

#300

Author: the wharf rat
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:29

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In article <081108.200524ai9.436@sqwertz.com>,
Sqwertz  <swertz@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
>Buying a scanner for speech seems like buying a TV/DVD/DVR combo
>unit. One parts breaks, the whole thing breaks.

	The idea is that you use it to "read" textbooks "in place"
rather than by trying to scan the thing and then navigate it.

Re: talking scanner thing

#301

Author: Doug McLaren
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'

Re: talking scanner thing

#302

Author: the wharf rat
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:06

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In article <slrnghn7s9.fed.dougmc+usenet@frenzied.us>,
Doug McLaren  <dougmc+usenet@frenzied.us> wrote:
>
>And I'll bet you're aware of all of this already.
>

	Hope springs eternal.

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