I wouldn't take an anecdotal unsubstantiated statistic like that with anything more than a grain of salt. There were no sorts of control conditions, or suite of documents on which this number out of the air was taken. Learning to maintain a focal length distance, and compensate for ambient lighting conditions isn't intuitive, or non trivial in terms of requisite patience and practice, especially considering the universe of print against which one is also placing their ability to handle the afore mentioned variables. Nick On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:48:58 -0700, Linda Gehres wrote: Holy smokes, 40% error rate? Wow, that's worse than either Kurzweil or Arkenstone scanning programs currently on computers, isn't it? Or does it depend primarily on the type of print one is attempting to read? Linda G. To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.