Hi Seoirse, We’re looking into this product at the moment in NCBI, but my initial reaction after seeing it is that the functionality does not justify the price, which comes out at just under €1900. You’d really need to be doing a lot of scanning! Regards, Stuart. From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Seoirse Neilan Sent: 26 April 2008 09:40 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] hand held scanners Hi everyone, does anyone know if there is such a thing as a hand held mobile scanner available here in Ireland ? I mean, a hand held mobile gadget that could read words and letters of food products and DIY items when out and about in shopping centres etc. i know it's available in the US but not sure if something similar exists here at present. Cheers, Seoirse ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************