[nflug] Stand-alone scanner?

[Joe]

I asked on another list as well and someone found this:

http://www.webmall2000.net/electronics/r700.asp

All in all, if a camera works as well, it's a lot more versatile for the 
investment though.

Joe

Sam Stern wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> I have not used any of these products for almost ten years. Back then (1995
> ish) the "scanner pen" solution did not work well. By now, I would expect
> that scanner pens would have enough storage to make their use worthwhile.
> That said, google for "handheld portable scanner". OF note is this ./
> article:
>
> <http://ask.slashdot.org/apple/02/10/10/1921233.shtml?tid=107>
>
> In that article, they suggest taking high resolution (300 dpi, tiff format)
> digital photos and running ocr over them at a later point. 
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Sam S.
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] 
>> On Behalf Of Joe
>> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 04:14 PM
>> To: NFLUG
>> Subject: [nflug] Stand-alone scanner?
>>
>> I don't know if this exists, but I'm looking for a scanner 
>> that I could 
>> take to a library, etc. and run it over text like a 
>> highlighter (one or 
>> more lines at a time) and get the image or, even better, ocr'd text 
>> stored in it for later use.  Preferably, it would be like a Walkman or 
>> Palm (I have a Tungsten E) with a wand attached to it.  It 
>> must be small 
>> and light and interface with a PC or Palm so the text could be used 
>> later.  It needs some sort of display to verify what was scanned, show 
>> memory usage, etc.
>>
>> This would really help when doing library research and just to extract 
>> highlights from a book that I no longer want to keep.
>>
>> I think I saw a wand like this years ago.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Joe
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