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From: Sachin Dev Pavithran
Date: Feb 23, 2005 2:39PM

Beth :

I use Open book and Kursweil 1000 on a daily bases. I believe they are
equally good. They cost about the same $ 995.

Regards.

Sachin
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From: "beth.call"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [WebAIM] speech output tools for scanned documents


>
> Our library is looking into programs that will convert printed documents
> into speech output. They are currently looking at OpenBook from Freedom
> Scientific, TextBridge Pro 11, and Omnipage Pro 14.
>
> The ability to save the audio files or import the text into Microsoft
Office
> programs is attractive to the library staff, but budget is limited. I
would
> like to know of any recommendations and preferences that you could share.
>
> Thank you,
> Beth
>
>
> Beth Call
> Academic Technology Coordinator
> Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology
> 300N. Applied Science Bldg.
> Murray State University
> Murray, KY 42071
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