Software to operate on any IBM-compatible PC, (a Pentium 2, 200 megahertz, 128 megabytes of RAM is all that's required - or 400 megahertz, 256 megabytes of RAM if you want to run a scanner as well.) Combines a:
Recommended retail price: 770 Australian dollars, no GST. Demonstration version available for 50 dollars, no GST.
You supply the PC - or ask our representative to source one for you!
The absolutely most painless way to get into using a talking computer!
An accessory for the "CATS" computer system. Can also be supplied without the remainder of the "CATS" suite (Typing Tutor etc).
Based on an HP 2400 scanner, this accepts source material up to A4 size, upside down, at right angles ("two pages to view"), skewed by up to 10 degrees, multiple columns including newsprint.
Multiple pages can be scanned at one time. Scanned results may be saved on the computer by name, and retrieved and extended at a later time.
Time to scan, recognize and present a document on the screen is: 80 - 100 seconds (first page), 30 - 40 seconds (each subsequent page).
Results may be read using speech and large text, with controllable speed, size and colour.
Recommended retail price: 300 Australian dollars if you already have a CATS system, 600 dollars if you have a suitable PC and don't want the rest of CATS, 1100 dollars if you have a suitable PC and want both CATS and the scanner. No GST.