Very helpful and explains more. Thanks. I'll add this to my file. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." Henry Ford. Carolyn

I’m not sure about scanning pictures with the Pearl. Dan is right… the Pearl and OpenBook do have limitations… it all depends on what you wish to do. For me, I mostly use my iMac with a Canon

I use nvda on a windows 7 machine; in thunderbird control+w gets me out of the message back to the message listview.

The scanner (and any accessories) is the hardware.

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Amazon's website has changed in the past few days. Although it doesn't crash my system, as I navigate down a page, some areas start JAWS jabbering away and I can do nothing to shut it up until it's

I think there are several loose ends here, and I'll leave one or two dangling, but here goes: Scanning involves both hardware and software. The hardware is typically a flatbed device that takes up a

I have a goot place on a table or on the desk, which would place it between my computer and my husband's - the more likely place. Thanks. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably

when using thunderbird I am having to tabb several times to move out of the mail message. what are the short cutto get out of mail after reading the message. -------------- next part -------------- An

Carolyn: Space for a flatbed scanner is always a consideration. I do not share Marshall's problem because I have a very nice computer desk with a cabinet in the lower right area of the desk that

Now, there is a point worth consideration. Will this scanner scan pictures into the computer? I am making a scanner file and compiling all of these greatly appreciated responses to my

Interesting. So this system will read material that you feed to the scanner? If it does, then, at a little less than half price, when there is a sighted person here all the time . . . ? I will save

OK - another wrung on this ladder to educate me. With Pearl, could we scan photographs on it too? Thanks. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." Henry Ford. Carolyn

Mitchell and others, That does get me started. So, if I get a scanner, what does that involve? Is there hardware that is involved there? I am not that savvy about operating systems and the like,

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Hi Carolyn, I purchased an all-in-one printer last year and found out a couple of things. The first is that in order to place a document on the scanner bed;I had to put the scanner directly in front

Carolyn: I have Open Book with the Pearl Camera Scanner. I rarely use it due to its limitations. I recently purchased an HP Office Jet Pro 8620 printer/copier/scanner and Adobe Pro X software to be

Hi, If you are going with OpenBook, you might want to consider the Pearl. It’s a camera on a stand, and in conjunction with OpenBook, works really well. It takes a picture of the page and sends

Carolyn, I am by no means an expert on scanners, but whatever you get, you need to understand that scanning requires both hardware (the scanner) and software (a computer program that makes use of the

When I get my new computer at the end of the year or beginning of next, I intend to get a printer with fax and scanning capability. So, I'm wondering, as a totally blind user of JAWS, is there a