Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!147!41.0!Les.Barr From: Les.Barr@p0.f41.n147.z1.fidonet.org (Les Barr) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: ARKENSTONE Response Message-ID: <14745@bunker.UUCP> Date: 4 Oct 90 19:04:43 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Les.Barr@p0.f41.n147.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:147/41.0 - Seeing Impaired Tec, Norman OK Lines: 107 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 10907 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] Hello Daveed, Re: the recent message you read on "Compuserve," placing the Kurzweil higher in rating than the ARKENSTONE Optical Character Reader. 1. Try as many of the scanners/optical character readers as you can, being careful to have the "OCR" (Optical Character Reader" attempt/read things you would want to read on a daily basis. 2. Arkenstone's service polacy includes a 1-800 service, technical support, a knowledgable staff, (and "High Service" dealers!) and if you run into problems with any portion of your ARKENSTONE that cannot be fixed by telephone support, ARKENSTONE is noted for shipping the necessary cards/scanners/software UPS overnight. Should you need to return a defective part and did not happen to store the original shipping cartons, ARKENSTONE will replace them at no charge. (Our competitor charges its customers for shipping to and from the manufacturer, as well as for shipping containers, and labor.) 3. ARKENSTONE is the number one optical character reader in the world, and is the leader in distribution of OCR's in the world. Perhaps this is the reason why our competitor likes to take cheap shots at ARKENSTONE and its representatives. (Arkenstone advises we High Service Reps to take the high road and let our product speak for itself with its performance! Just ask some of the attendees at the summer's NFB & ACB Conventions who were unable to scan their print materials on our competitor's OCR, and came over to the ARKENSTONE Exhibit to have their print materials read!!!) 4. The new ARKscan and EasyScan scan software enhancers are out! Auto-orientation of print documents placed on the scanner bed are automatically scanned regardless of which way the page is turned on the flat bed! (Except for print side face up! >GRIN<) The new installation software is very verbose, and allows the synthesizer user to read everything that appears on the screen automatically. Did I mention the support for legal size documents now, and direct support for 400 DPI scanners from the EasyScan software?!? (Our competitor is using a 400 DPI scanner to get less acurate results than ARKENSTONE's 300 DPI Hewlett Packard ScanJet and ScanJet Plus results.) ARKENSTONE also supports a wide variety of other document scanners, so if you want to use a 400 DPI scanner, you can. (The Panasonic 505 & 506 400 DPI scanners are quite popular for use with the ARKENSTONE OCR. 5. ARKENSTONE is able to read, and translate, fax/image files, and can read dot matrix/computer printed papers. TODAY!!! 6. ARKENSTONE now supports automatic output, so you can read as ARKENSTONE is translating. (Real handy for browsing those stacks of papers on the desk, etc.) 7. ARKscan and EasyScan now will allow you to scan now, for later translating, stacks of documents, and with the auto-document feeder attachment, life can be quite easy when reading great quantities of print materials. 8. Arkenstone, Inc. is a non-profit organization, set up with the objective to get the price of an optical character reader to under $1,000. (One thousand dollars!) ARKENSTONE has recently reduced its prices on all its models, significantly, three times in the last 12 months. We're not down to under $1,000 yet, but we are getting there step by step! Our organization has a heart and soul for "print impaired" people, and we desire to effectively drive down the prices of at least one aspect of adaptive equipment, when the rest of the world tends to drive the prices up as far as they can. 9. Arkenstone produces the best optical character reader in the world; and this brings me to point number one, try all of the OCR's out there on the market, and take the best. If you feel that ARKENSTONE does not do well for you, and there will be some that do not like our OCR or our philosophy, (that is to be expected, especially if you are our competition! >GRIN<) then we respect your decision. I personally feel that no "print impaired" person should be without a reader in a print oriented world. My advise, for whatever it is worth, is to get an OCR of some kind. The question is, how long do you want to do without an optical character reader, and have gained a higher state of independance using one? In college I average about 150 pages of text a week, and I wouldn't want to even attempt school without the use of my ARKENSTONE! ARKENSTONE v. readers and/or cassette recordings I have tried, and ARKENSTONE wins hands down. If you are new to OCR's and/or want more information on the ARKENSTONE, you can contact me by voice at: (405) 364-9442 I am the Regional Rep for the ARKENSTONE OCR, but I am a "print impaired/synthesizer using" ARKENSTONE User first. I was going to finance and purchase the competitor's product first, but I saw the ARKENSTONE along the way, and couldn't be happier! (And I even saved a few dollars and got a better OCR!) -Les -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!147!41.0!Les.Barr Internet: Les.Barr@p0.f41.n147.z1.fidonet.org