How many lines of text can you see at once on the Dana? What kind of memory card does it need? How difficult is it to transfer text to the computer?
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It's quite a good writing tool...stores a lot of data. One can use a sim card for memory although some is built in. An 8 g sim card can keep volumes. A usb cable came with the computer so transferring data is easy. It has an infrared capacity too that I don't use. In comparison to prior alpha smarts its quite sophisticated. Full size keyboard. Many lines of data-its rather normal writing in that regard-easy reading of a full paragraph-good for editing. It would be helpful to have an instruction book if you can get one. The Dana has a lot of keys and functions that can be challenging to use through trial and error.
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It's quite a good writing tool...stores a lot of data. One can use a sim card for memory although some is built in. An 8 g sim card can keep volumes. A usb cable came with the computer so transferring data is easy. It has an infrared capacity too that I don't use. In comparison to prior alpha smarts its quite sophisticated. Full size keyboard. Many lines of data-its rather normal writing in that regard-easy reading of a full paragraph-good for editing.It would be helpful to have an instruction book if you can get one. The Dana has a lot of keys and functions that can be challenging to use through trial and error. It's quite a good writing tool...stores a lot of data. One can use a sim card for memory although some is built in. An 8 g sim card can keep volumes. A usb cable came with the computer so transferring data is easy. It has an infrared capacity too that I don't use. In comparison to prior alpha smarts its quite sophisticated. Full size keyboard. Many lines of data-its rather normal writing in that regard-easy reading of a full paragraph-good for editing.It would be helpful to have an instruction book if you can get one. The Dana has a lot of keys and functions that can be... » Read More It's quite a good writing tool...stores a lot of data. One can use a sim card for memory although some is built in. An 8 g sim card can keep volumes. A usb cable came with the computer so transferring data is easy. It has an infrared capacity too that I don't use. In comparison to prior alpha smarts its quite sophisticated. Full size keyboard. Many lines of data-its rather normal writing in that regard-easy reading of a full paragraph-good for editing.It would be helpful to have an instruction book if you can get one. The Dana has a lot of keys and functions that can be challenging to use through trial and error. « Show Less
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The one I bought came with 2 SD memory cards. Using plain font, I can view 9 lines of text. Transfer the the text to the computer is extremely easy.. Just connect the Dana to the computer and hit the send button.
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Does anyone know if this reader will take on the old floppy disks that are about 2 inches square?If not does anyone know which one will?I have a ton of pictures on these old floppys I want to retreive and my current computer won't do it.Thanks for any and all advice
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I have a universal card reader, but you could just as easily obtain a thumb drive and simply plug it into one of your USB ports on the computer. No need to run to a store or burn discs, etc. Thumb drives are so cheap now just get one of those instead of a hamburger. And it'll last a lot longer, too. Thumb drives, aka flash drives, etc. are very small and open up so you can slip your memory card into it. This camera uses a standard SD card. Plug it into your computer and simply copy/paste the files to a folder on your hard drive. I've never used the software from Kodak anyway. Takes too long.
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I didn't connect direct to either of my computers. I have several memory cards. I would remove the used card, install a new one, and that only took 15 seconds. I would then read the used card on either my Mac or PC. The cards read on both with no difference.
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Well after reading on the canon for the last hour my only question has to do with OCR; no real reviews on how well the Canon performs in this area. There is one fairly major drawback to the Canon from what I can tell: no export to MS Word. Again I haven't tried the thing, but I've read the manual, and there is no mention of the capability. To me this isn't a big deal, I'm more worried about archiving than reformatting. The big plus of course is the apparent scan rate of 15 ppm. With that, I think I'm sold. I have the 215 ready for checkout.
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Maybe Dennis is a senior, or maybe he is just helping a senior with the selection. I am trying to find something for my parents, who are 80-ish. They had a computer a while back for word processing, but have never gone online. I know they would love it if they had a very user-friendly machine. Dennis, did you find something good? I'd love to know.
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Just unpacking mine, believe that one black cartridge is for photo only, i.e. the small one that matches the color ones. Large one lower quality for general text use.Try double checking one of the computer mags on this....LPS my concern is that directions say standard computer paper only in front tray, back tray for quality photo paper. And that 4 x 6 is only photo size that works?????Any input appreciated, I M on hold now, its only unpacked....
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If your computer had a slot for SD card, you can remove SD from camera and insert there to read it. Otherwise will need a USB cable that fits.
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It's not such a bad idea, but finding the right software to transfer your work can be irritating, that is if if you're not using an SD card. Pretty sure the system can only read up to 2GB as well, but files are generally not too big to worry about filling the card up anytime soon. Also, the files are of a format where you'll have to download a program to read them, and then re-save them in a format which is more pleasant for instance, .doc or .docx for windows. Any other questions let me know!
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Thanks Tech Guy. I see that it takes SDHC, and the video size limitation is fine by me. I'll have to see if I can get an a solid answer from Canon's tech support on if the 790 can take advantage of the faster in-camera processing Class 6 cards have (the upload to computer speed advantage doesn't mean much to me), and if it varies by brand. I also am wondering if I'll need to replace my current SD card reader if I do buy and use any of these higher capacity / faster SD cards.
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Jim, I used an SDHC 8GB card and copied 3-400 slides to the card. I then tansfered them to my laptop that had a SDHC slot in it. I am very satisfied with doing the slide to digital copy this way because there is no computer needed when doing the process of copying. Lloyd E.
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Check out the menu list and you should see how to take a photo or even a video. Also get yourself a micro memory card and install that for expanded memory. I've taken lots of photos and used them in power points, also I've used the videos to make short programs~
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I use a flash drive which I can insert into the display. I think you can use a mini USB cable. But storage of the images is more easy with the flash drive. Best to you.
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This is very simple to use, I am not tech savvy but I think there is a port for a usb (there are 2 side ports one looks like cable port one looks like usb) In the front there are 3 slots, 2 are for cards and there is a larger one but I am unsure what that is for. Pictures come out nice when printed. Hope this helps in your decision and sorry I could not answer it 100% for you.
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Sorry i do not have an answer to the question because i bought it as a gift and sent it overseas. I do recall that it came with a memory card. So you can remove that card and view through card. Also, it came with a usb cord to connect directly to computer. Sorry i could not give you a direct answer.
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There were two versions of the Dana. The first Dana was sold without wifi and had 8mb of storage capacity. The second Dana, called Dana Wireless, comes equipped with built in wifi. It also comes with 16 mb of storage capacity. I chose the Dana Wireless because of the 16 mb. I never use the wifi. It's much easier to connect the Dana to your computer to transfer files. The wifi is troublesome to set up and doesn't work well with today's routers. I don't miss it but I do like the additional storage for my documents!
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Thanks for the advice. The 16GB card/reader combo deal is what prompted my question! I'm hoping with this card, she can take a lot of photos and some decent video of my soon to be year old grandson. Thanks again for helping a grandma out!