SARA CE Scanning and Reading Appliance
The SARA CE (Scanning And Reading Appliance, Camera Edition) is the next-generation self-contained scanning and reading appliance for the blind and those with low vision. Just place a printed page under the camera, and the SARA CE instantly starts reading it to you with RealSpeak human-sounding speech. No computer experience is needed. You don’t even need to push a button to read almost any printed material – books, magazines, mail, and more. The camera automatically senses when a new page is presented and snaps an image and begins reading whenever you turn a page.
Pause reading, move forward and backward, or hear a word spelled out. Change the reading speed and volume. Select a different voice. Scan and read in one of 18 languages. Change the scanning mode to capture bound books, and save them on the 160GB hard drive or a USB thumb drive. The SARA CE talks you through each step with audible menus. There is even built-in Help and an audible onboard user manual.
Connect a monitor to access the customizable low vision features. Increase the text size. Change text and background colors. Add more space between letters, and highlight words as they are spoken.
** A 19"or 22"LCD monitor can be purchased as a combo package. See below.
A scanning and reading appliance for blind, low vision, and deaf-blind users. The SARA CE is simple to use. Just place a printed page under the camera, and the SARA CE instantly starts reading it to you with RealSpeak® human-sounding speech or displays text on a LCD monitor or in braille via a braille display. No computer experience is needed. You don't even need to push a button to read almost any printed material – books, magazines, mail, and more. The camera automatically senses when a new page is presented.
In automatic mode, the SARA CE senses motion, so it knows to snap an image whenever you turn a page. Place your paperback novel sideways, and the SARA CE will snap two pages at a time. You can keep turning pages and capturing images while the SARA CEreads to you.
A built-in keypad with brightly-colored tactile keys provides access to a wealth of additional features. Pause reading, move forward and backward, or hear a word spelled out. Change the reading speed and volume. Select a different voice. Scan and read in one of 16 languages. Change the scanning mode to capture bound books, and save them on the 160GB hard drive or a USB thumb drive. Read one of the 222 classic novels that come already installed.
The SARA CE talks you through each step with audible menus. There is even built-in Help and an audible onboard user manual. With ABBYY FineReader® added to the OmniPage® OCR engine, the SARA CE has the fastest print to speech conversion yet.
Additional option to use braille by connecting one of Freedom Scientific’s or other portable braille displays to the USB port of the SARA CE in addition to speech output.
Features and specifications:
- Connect a monitor to access the customizable low vision features
- Increase the text size
- Change text and background colors
- Add more space between letters
- Highlight words as they are spoken
- Fast, automatic page capture
- Saves files stored on USB thumb drives
- Option to continue scanning the next page while reading the first
- Supports scanning and reading in multiple languages and additional dialects
- Opens a variety of file types from USB
- Independent keyboard help for document reading, menus, dialogs, and playing audio books
Power: 100 - 240 volts
Onboard Storage: 160GB hard drive
Dimensions: 15.5" (l) 12" (w) x 3.9" (h) / 39.4 (l) x 30.5 (w) x 9.9 (h) cm
Camera Height Above Base: 16"/ 40.5 cm
Weight: 6.4 lbs. / 2.9 kg
**Combo Pack Pricing
- SARA CE Scanning and Reading Appliance with 19" monitor: $2,295.00
- SARA CE Scanning and Reading Appliance with 22" monitor: $2,495.00
SARA CE one-year Product Maintenance Agreement (PMA): $190.00
| Manufactured By | Freedom Scientific |
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| Product Size | 15.5" (l) 12" (w) x 3.9" (h) |
| Product Weight | 6.4 lbs. / 2.9 kg |