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SARA Scanning and Reading Appliance

SARA FEATURESSARA buttons and switches diagram

  • Navigation keys are large, colorful, and have tactile symbols, making them easy to find. With simple arrow keys, the user can read a word or a line at a time, fast forward, rewind, and move up and down a scanned page
  • To quickly recall a button's function, just press the Help button, and then press any other key. SARA speaks the button's function
  • The speech rate and volume are simply adjusted with easy-to-find and use toggle buttons with raised symbols
  • Choose the human-sounding reading voice of your preference. SARA's RealSpeak® Solo voices are clearer than ever
  • Attach the SARA to a computer monitor for colorful, large print access to complement speech. You can even change the print type style, color, size, and spacing to fit your needs, as well as choosing the color you prefer for the background
  • Words being read are highlighted, while displaying on a monitor. You can choose the highlighting color to make seeing the words easier
  • Scan in background allows the user to continue reading one page while scanning the next
  • SARA supports scanning and reading in multiple languages: U.S. English, British English, Australian English, Belgian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Continental French, Canadian French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Go to the sound files to hear audio samples of some of the SARA voices
  • SARA reads many file types, including TXT, RTF, DOC, PDF, and HTML.
  • Use the built-in CD drive for playing books saved on disk or to save documents and books of your own to CD
  • SARA can open and play the audio elements of DAISY formatted books.
  • SARA comes with a starter library of 40 public domain books of classic literature.
  • Front mounted stereo speakers
  • Front audio jack for stereo headphones
  • Rear power jack
  • Built-in microphone
  • Size: 20 in. x 3.5 in. x 12 in. (50.8 cm. x 8.89 cm. x 30.48 cm.)
  • Approximate weight: 18 lbs. (8.16 kg.)
  • 100 - 240 volt power
SARA buttons and switches diagram

Select the links below to hear some of the SARA voices:

Each link below, when selected, will launch an MP3 of the voice in its own window. The MP3 will be played by your computer's default media player.

 

SARA Scanning and Reading Appliance overview