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From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP
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Subject: Re: character recognition from bit image
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 01:26:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 01:26:00 1985
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Nf-From: wdl1!jbn    Aug 20 17:02:00 1985


      Oberon Associates makes a device much like this for the IBM PC; it's
only $400 and appears to work OK, but it needs to be visually aligned on the
line of text.  Character recognition software is provided.
      There is a good reading machine for the blind from Kurtzweil, developed
about ten years ago.  Original versions ran about $20K, but the price must be
down by now.  

					John Nagle