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Don H
Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner?
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Paul Hunt <prhunt1@...>
The Pearl is portable and is much more suitable for books.
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HH. Smith Jr.
Hi,
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I have used the Pearl camera from the time it came out for purchase. It was half the price as an introductory offer. The camera works real great and I had no complaints except for its fragility. It is great for its portability, picture rendering abilities and it does function as advertised. I guess it is all that and a bag of chips. Now the cons, in the past before this sale, I suggested to my consumers not to acquire one due to the cost at over 1200bucks. For my consumers, it was a whole lot cheaper to go on EBay and purchase a portable flatbed scanner for under 100bucks and get the same functionality at an extremely lower cost. The camera is just what it is, portable camera. The portable scanner was just as practical and thin enough to fit in a laptop bag and consume about the same amount of space on your desk as an opened Pearl camera scanning a sheet of paper. I've personally haven't seen the new price; but the purchasing of the Pearl camera is a choice of preference in my opinion. Let's face it the purchasing of adaptive technologies is economics first followed by functionality coupled with practicability; Also, some portable flatbed scanners has more features than just scanning that can be helpful in other areas as far as independent computing. Bottom line get as much bang for your bucks. -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:30 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera The Pearl is portable and is much more suitable for books. On Dec 7, 2017, at 2:24 PM, Don H <lmddh50@...> wrote:scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Dave...
From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be
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used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message -----
From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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HH. Smith Jr.
True that
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave... Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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HH. Smith Jr.
Hi again,
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I just looked at my Pearl camera in its carrying case and it is bulkier than the my portable flatbed scanner when it is in my laptop bag. -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of HH. Smith Jr. Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:52 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera True that -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave... Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Jason White
I would be interested to know whether it's possible to save the images and process them with another application. I suspect not, but I don't know for sure.
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According to what I've read, JAWS 2018 can now use the camera directly in its OCR function. I haven't bought one, but I did notice the VFO advertisement. I'm particularly interested in scanning printed mail, and I may also need reliable book scanning in the future. -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave... Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Dave...
Openbook can save images in TIFF format, so I guess you could scan with
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Openbook, and then recognize with some other application -- but why bother? Openbook will just read them directly. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason White via Groups.Io" <jason@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 19:19 Subject: Re: Pearl camera I would be interested to know whether it's possible to save the images and process them with another application. I suspect not, but I don't know for sure. According to what I've read, JAWS 2018 can now use the camera directly in its OCR function. I haven't bought one, but I did notice the VFO advertisement. I'm particularly interested in scanning printed mail, and I may also need reliable book scanning in the future. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave... Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Sugar Lopez <sugarsyl71@...>
I have one of these Pearls but nnever got my desk top to use it.
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When I asked no one knew what to tell me So here I go again. I plugged it in and I don't hear anything Using Windows 7 Jaws 17 Office/outlook 12 Desk top, 64 machine Thanks sugar If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care. Marvin J. Ashton -Sugar Please support my Journey to a second chance of life at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of HH. Smith Jr. Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 6:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera Hi, I have used the Pearl camera from the time it came out for purchase. It was half the price as an introductory offer. The camera works real great and I had no complaints except for its fragility. It is great for its portability, picture rendering abilities and it does function as advertised. I guess it is all that and a bag of chips. Now the cons, in the past before this sale, I suggested to my consumers not to acquire one due to the cost at over 1200bucks. For my consumers, it was a whole lot cheaper to go on EBay and purchase a portable flatbed scanner for under 100bucks and get the same functionality at an extremely lower cost. The camera is just what it is, portable camera. The portable scanner was just as practical and thin enough to fit in a laptop bag and consume about the same amount of space on your desk as an opened Pearl camera scanning a sheet of paper. I've personally haven't seen the new price; but the purchasing of the Pearl camera is a choice of preference in my opinion. Let's face it the purchasing of adaptive technologies is economics first followed by functionality coupled with practicability; Also, some portable flatbed scanners has more features than just scanning that can be helpful in other areas as far as independent computing. Bottom line get as much bang for your bucks. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:30 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera The Pearl is portable and is much more suitable for books. On Dec 7, 2017, at 2:24 PM, Don H <lmddh50@...> wrote:scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Dave...
...and it won't, unless you use Openbook with it.
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Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sugar Lopez" <sugarsyl71@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 20:11 Subject: Re: Pearl camera I have one of these Pearls but nnever got my desk top to use it. When I asked no one knew what to tell me So here I go again. I plugged it in and I don't hear anything Using Windows 7 Jaws 17 Office/outlook 12 Desk top, 64 machine Thanks sugar If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care. Marvin J. Ashton -Sugar Please support my Journey to a second chance of life at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of HH. Smith Jr. Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 6:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera Hi, I have used the Pearl camera from the time it came out for purchase. It was half the price as an introductory offer. The camera works real great and I had no complaints except for its fragility. It is great for its portability, picture rendering abilities and it does function as advertised. I guess it is all that and a bag of chips. Now the cons, in the past before this sale, I suggested to my consumers not to acquire one due to the cost at over 1200bucks. For my consumers, it was a whole lot cheaper to go on EBay and purchase a portable flatbed scanner for under 100bucks and get the same functionality at an extremely lower cost. The camera is just what it is, portable camera. The portable scanner was just as practical and thin enough to fit in a laptop bag and consume about the same amount of space on your desk as an opened Pearl camera scanning a sheet of paper. I've personally haven't seen the new price; but the purchasing of the Pearl camera is a choice of preference in my opinion. Let's face it the purchasing of adaptive technologies is economics first followed by functionality coupled with practicability; Also, some portable flatbed scanners has more features than just scanning that can be helpful in other areas as far as independent computing. Bottom line get as much bang for your bucks. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Paul Hunt Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:30 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera The Pearl is portable and is much more suitable for books. On Dec 7, 2017, at 2:24 PM, Don H <lmddh50@...> wrote:scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Sugar Lopez <sugarsyl71@...>
Yes I use open book
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If we could look into each other's hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care. Marvin J. Ashton -Sugar Please support my Journey to a second chance of life at: https://www.gofundme.com/sugars-transplant-journey -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave... Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 6:51 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Pearl camera From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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john.falter <john.falter@...>
Dave:
Isn't the Pearl camera supposed to work with the latest JAWS OCR? On 12/7/2017 9:51 PM, Dave... wrote:
>From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Don H
The Email selling the Pearl camera for $295 says it works with the new Jaws 2018 OCR function.
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On 12/7/2017 8:52 PM, HH. Smith Jr. wrote:
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John,
Not that I've heard.
Dave
Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 20:34
Subject: Re: Pearl camera Isn't the Pearl camera supposed to work with the latest JAWS OCR? On 12/7/2017 9:51 PM, Dave... wrote:
>From my experience, the Pearl camera only works with Openbook. It cannot be used with other scanning applications. If anyone knows different, let me know. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:24 Subject: Pearl camera Anyone got any experience with using the Pearl Camera versus a flat bed scanner for use with Jaws 2018? Just got the notice that the Pearl camera is on sale for users of Jaws 2018. Is the Pearl easier to use? Does it produce better scanning results over a flat bed scanner? Thanks |
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Don H
The Email I received offering the Pearl for $295 was for all Jaws 2018 and 2018 fusion customers and said the pearl would work with Jaws 2018. I see it that FS has incorporated part of Open Book into Jaws 2018 and Open Book is on its way out. Of course Open Book hasn't been updated for years.
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On 12/8/2017 8:19 AM, Dave... wrote:
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Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
It says that both in the 2018 what's new I think as well as the email advertising the sale.
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Dave...
Don,
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Yes, I see that now. However, more to my point, is that the Pearl camera still cannot be used with other scanning applications, as in the case of Epson or other flatbed scanner hardware. That's where the real value of the Pearl camera would shine. VFO seems to want to keep that piece of hardware proprietary to their own software -- kind of an Apple paradigm. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message -----
From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 06:22 Subject: Re: Pearl camera The Email I received offering the Pearl for $295 was for all Jaws 2018 and 2018 fusion customers and said the pearl would work with Jaws 2018. I see it that FS has incorporated part of Open Book into Jaws 2018 and Open Book is on its way out. Of course Open Book hasn't been updated for years. On 12/8/2017 8:19 AM, Dave... wrote: John, |
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Dave...
Don and all,
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Using JAWS 2018 latest build, I just gave my Pearl camera a trial run. Quite impressive, and yes it may signal the end of any future Openbook support. That is somewhat unfortunate, as Openbook has a very rich set of features in settings and configurations. I'll keep my Openbook 8 and 9 copies for as long as they run on Windows. However that aside, OCR using the Pearl camera or a connected flatbed does offer a very convenient way to scan physical document on demand without needing Openbook. Also note that it is now possible to recognize many document types right from the file listing in Windows Explorer, which to me, is a much more significant improvement in the Convenient OCR application. But again, I don't see anywhere that the Pearl camera can be used with other mainstream applications as an input device. Therein lies my continuing criticism. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message -----
From: "Don H" <lmddh50@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 06:22 Subject: Re: Pearl camera The Email I received offering the Pearl for $295 was for all Jaws 2018 and 2018 fusion customers and said the pearl would work with Jaws 2018. I see it that FS has incorporated part of Open Book into Jaws 2018 and Open Book is on its way out. Of course Open Book hasn't been updated for years. On 12/8/2017 8:19 AM, Dave... wrote: John, |
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Marianne Denning
Yes, the Pearl camera works with JAWS 2018. I ordered one yesterday. I received an email and I also had a JAWS notice. That is why it is on sale for $295.00 right now. I tried to enter the code but it didn't work so I called VFO and ordered it. Hopefully, it will come soon. On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Don H <lmddh50@...> wrote: The Email I received offering the Pearl for $295 was for all Jaws 2018 and 2018 fusion customers and said the pearl would work with Jaws 2018. I see it that FS has incorporated part of Open Book into Jaws 2018 and Open Book is on its way out. Of course Open Book hasn't been updated for years. --
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Aidan <aidan.smarttalk@...>
Well, I don't see how openbook can go away yet, as they would have to
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take all features and move them to jaws before they can discontinue, and I don't see that happen. On 08/12/2017, Marianne Denning <marianne@...> wrote:
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