I bought one three months ago and use it almost everyday. Not that it is so great I can't put it down only that there is no other device I could find that is any better. I read the reviews so I knew what I was buying poorly documented hard to learn difficult to use same basic technology used 5 years ago for scanning and speech generation. However it did have one very strong feature a good vocabulary which was a must for the application I had in mind. Reading German books and helping me translate the 27 letter words that I hadn't learned in 15 years of learning 26 letter words.The pros: scanner so no need to type. Fast. Light. Stand-alone. Extensive vocabulary. Good audible pronunciation almost human to understand.
The cons: Instructions impossible to understand have to figure it out yourself ended up calling their technical support (which was very good). Hard to use. Scan must be exact or it won't recognize the word. They provide a plastic guide "training wheels" for first time users which gives a pretty good idea how fussy it is VERY!! I have to scan a word sometimes 5-6 times before it will finally recognize it. Program does not have any kind of approximation software the slightest overlap or underlap or missing a character or hesistation when scanning and it comes up with garbage. It comes up with garbage often. A real problem I had no idea about when I bought it is it won't work with rechargeable batteries. When I replaced the original alkaline AAA batteries with my own NiMH batteries it wouldn't work because the voltage of alkaline batteries is slightly higher and it is EXTREMELY sensitive to low voltage. Meaning you have to buy new batteries every 10 hours. BUMMER !!!
Conclusion: it works. It is using an incredible amount of technology unfortunately it is 5 year old technology. Is it worth buying? NO if there was something better. For the price it is probably worth it I'd gladly pay twice the amount if there was.
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