[DECtalk] reading edge with dectalk 1992

[Mike]

I found this video of the Personal Reader with DecTalk that I had,
some on this list might be interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zNxsYLuGqw

On 1/28/23, Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net> wrote:
> Would love to find a working express, but with a functional battery.
>
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2023, Mike wrote:
>
>> You are right. It was the kurzweil personal reader model 7315. And yes my
>> neck talking expresses battery is fine.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 1:12 PM Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The reading edge did not come with a hand scanner.  Perhaps you are
>>> confusing it with another product?
>>> Instead the reading edge is a self contained book edge scanner  weighing
>>> less than  15 pounds.
>>> does our Dectalk Expresses battery still work?
>>> Kare
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2023, Mike wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah unfortunately there was no training that I remember anyway. I was
>>> only
>>>> like  10 years old at the time and what I was using it for, I'm sure,
>>>> was
>>>> not great quality print to begin with, mostly elementary school
>>> worksheets
>>>> and paperbacks. I do remember having more success with the hand scanner
>>>> that it came with though.
>>>>
>>>> I am glad yours still works. I believe mine was given  back when I got
>>>> a
>>>> computer with a separate scanner later. I do still have the same
>>>> DecTalk
>>>> Express that I got at that time and that still works perfectly
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 9:29 PM Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Who trained  you?
>>>>> If you did not get training, that might have impacted the experience.
>>>>> I
>>>>> have used one  to manage professional materials since I got mine in
>>>>> 1993
>>>>> or so...almost daily in fact.
>>>>> however, one must know how to make small adjustments, depending on
>>>>> what
>>>>> you were reading, choose the best type of scan as well.
>>>>> Its why at least Xerox made sure when you got one, you got trained
>>>>> too.
>>>>> Sorry your experience was not stellar.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Mike wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeeze that's a lot. Somehow my school got one for me at that time and
>>>>>> it was almost completely useless anyway because the OCR was horrible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/27/23, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I was right? The reading edge with decTalk made in 1992 was around
>>>>> $6000.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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