SOFTWARE DREAMS THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS

Looking for a LOW COST ALTERNATIVE to the HAND-HELD CCTV ? Well you just may have one. Time to look again at the LOGITECH HAND SCANNER.

Logitech [PC board mounted] hand scanners [with OCR] have been around for years. The hand scanner head has evolved from two column [half page] to four column [full page] width. While they operated on older low powered PC's there were disappointments associated with using the OCR function. The basic objections were that aligning half-pages was difficult, the images were only black and white, the OCR was slow, and hand scanners are not deck scanners. Usually out of frustration these sacnners were discarded. Early versions now can be found in yard sales for under $25.00.

Having examined the cost of Stand-Mounted CCTV's I found my low vision equalled my low cash. Next I examined the cost of Hand-Held CCTV's which [although less costly] were priced out of my sight as well.

Therefore, partly out of necessity, poverty, and curiousity. It was time to EXPERIMENT and RE-EVALUATE my old LOGITECH HAND SCANNER.

1. When you discard the OCR function you remove all the old disappointments and frustrations.

2. Without the OCR functions your hand held scanner head now becomes a HAND HELD CCTV CAMERA HEAD attached directly to your computer and screen.

3. Images are brought to screen in save-able TIFF format.

4. DPI switch adjusts image quality, 4 position magnification.

5. Once an image is loaded as a TIFF file computer screen magnification programs, and color control utilities, can further enhance the image.

6. This works on PC's 286 SX, and higher. Without the OCR function the software size is greatly reduced. This may function on a PC 8086, running MS DOS 3.2+ with a RAM DRIVE configuration.

7. The Scan Head Cord length is long enough to seperate your reading area from being under your computer.

8. Like the Hand Held CCTV Camera Head, the LOGITECH HAND SCANNER HEAD has its' own external light source directly above the subject/page. No additional light source is necessary.

FOR ME, THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. I reinstalled my old LOGITECH HAND SCANNER which cost $125.00 new. For you this can cost as little as $25.00 at a yard sale.