From: Oliver Brose (oliver.brose_at_t-online.de)
Date: Sun Nov 16 2003 - 05:28:34 PST
>Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:31:56 -0600
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] pen reader of siemens
>From: David Golden <ikondave599_at_mac.com>
>I used the PenReader with my Newton. The interface between the Newt and
>the Pen was a piece of cake. HOWEVER, I was not at all happy with the
>PenReader. I found it difficult to use and it's translation abilities
>were weak ay best. AFAIK, there are other products that function as
>hand scanners that are superior in performance, but I don't know to
>what extent they can or cannot be used with a Newton. I think MacWorld
>had an article comparing these hand scanners about two years ago.
>
>One disclaimer: I have virtually no manual dexterity. You might have
>much better results using the PR than I did.
>
>Dave
>
>On Sunday, November 16, 2003, at 12:16 AM, eu wrote:
>
>> dear list,
>> is the pen reader os siemens compatible with newton?
>> if yes, where to find the drivers?
>> is it working well?
Uhm, Emamnuel do you mean the Siemens Pocket Reader? The text scanner?
And Dave, what is that PenReader? I just gave it a Google, and all I
got looked like cyrillic sites pointing to a tablet magazine.
Anyway, I have the Siemens Pocket Reader, and while I hardly use it,
it is quite okay. It is not that easy to scan with it, one really has
to practice. I keep it in my Newton bag when on campus in case I am
too lazy to type or scribble something down which is there in print
anyway. Now if it was not for that insane person ripping official
documents off the walls the university would not have put all major
information into glass boxes, I would do much more scanning...
The software for the Newton is fine, works great. The problem is
connecting the hardware. While I am still too lazy to learn how to
solder, and it seems most difficult to get one's hands on certain
plugs without cable in between, my solution is a cable of about 20
feet. Which I keep at home. Hidden.
BTW, a fellow student I met in my language class (who, to my
surprise, has an UMP2000 in his basement, and it's a NEWTON
TECHNOLOGY one (!) but who does not use it, for whatever reason) has
one of those Hexaglot Quicktionary translators, which is truely more
impressive scanwise than the Pocket Reader, but OTOH it can neither
save nor transfer text.. there seem to be Quickpens that can also
transfer to PC, but it's all Windows-only crap ... *ouch*
Oliver :)
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