How does this compare to the $350 version of WordSearch?
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Joseph, I have not used WordSearch. However, looking at their web site, WordSearch appears to be more like Logos software, which I also use. Logos does some of the things that BibleWorks does, but also contains a *lot* of reference (and otherwise) books in electronic form. Preliminarily, WordSearch looks a lot like Logos. Michael
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I use this machine 5 days a week in an office then also scan receipts with it for my own personal purpose. It has held up well.There are faster machines that are in the $600 to $700 range but this is adequate for me.I've seen the scanners that come with software to sort receipts but that looks designed for home use and not small business.This should work fine for you but you want to think through your sorting method. Sort by year/month, category.And by all means, DO FREQUENT BACKUPS!
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Dictation software is available on the Mac. Although I haven't looked at it in a while and it may have changed with the last update, the Mac dictation is far more limited and is more appropriate for a sentence or two or quick commands. Unless it has radically changed, it is not as accurate as Dragon, once you have set up and implemented Dragon. It is good for a quick sentence here or there but isn't yet set up for dictating long text documents the way that Dragon is. I agree it would be much better to have all this at your fingertips within the OS itself (and I'd even be willing to pay for an add on). Dragon definitely could use some competition in this market and Apple clearly has the ability to do this, as does Google. Sadly, neither company has released anything that can compete directly with Dragon. Dragon's software definitely works, but whether you are using it in Windows or OS X, it is definitely quirky and never completely integrates with the host OS. Having the most mature and viable product and pretty much the ONLY product for individual use, has allowed Dragon to charge higher prices, give so-so customer support to retail consumers, and continue to put a product that never quite meshes completely with the host OS (although it remains highly useful and is gobs faster than typing). It is only a matter of time, though, and this is a field where some healthy competition would be a good thing.
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You can search the web, but it has the slow on-screen keyboard. I'm pretty sure you can get a real keyboard and search much faster. I just haven't needed to explore that feature yet. I hope this helps.
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I love mine and use it for geocaching a lot. The only issue I have had with mine is the scroll bar being close to the edge of the screen and hard to move with a fingernail, but a twig always works if needed. As I told someone else, the only difference between the 710 and the 610 is the street maps. if you don't plan on using it in your car, you might save money. Make sure that you download the manual. Most of the people who complain here have never tried to learn about it. Thirty minutes with the manual, and it'll be yours. You might even want to look at the manual before you buy. It's free.
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I did a lot of research and this is the one I decided to get. Try checking it out at www.dpreview.com. They have excellent reviews and you can do side-by-side comparisons.
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The word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs are the same. There are other added features, but unless you are doing some database stuff or epublishing, the standard should do just fine.
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Basically, you get a search function on a set of dictionaries that you can choose from. I can't remember if you can type phrases, but you can type words.
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No .it does not . It has a pretty good wordpad . Word cost $140. This computer is pretty much useless. Any Notebok or laptop today is a much better choice
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I just bought the Mio c230. I've yet to use it, but it had the best combination of features in that price range. The TomTom 1 3rd edition was the easist to use, but it doesn't have text to speech, something I'm betting I'll be glad I got. After all, whatever ease you lose setting it, you gain by having the steet names spoken. I'd be interested to see what other people think.
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the visual is a nice pluss, and its for me easier to flip through the pages when I am looking for a certain item. for a windows wiz the windows folders may work nicely if you tag your scanned items with time and date in the folder name.
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I bought it because I saw it on an Airplane repo show. They used it for looking in hangars (garages) and it has worked well for me. This is a cheaper version though. I'm sure the pricier ones have better resolution.
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Thanks for this tip. It appears to truly index the CONTENTs of PDF files & a bunch of other formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, WordPerfect, text, ZIP files and OpenOffice) and indexes JUST the filenames of other formats (GZ, HLP, RAR, SWF, TAR, VSD, SXD, MHT) - see tinyurl for yju73uq for a list of all formats supported in both ways. For $49 you get a really useful tool for ALL your files (professional version of Copernic Desktop Search just adds indexing of Lotus Notes & eases deployment, don't care about either). I'll report back on how this works out.
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I really don't remember if it had a basic word program and because I'm going to school and needed power point and a good word processor I installed WordPerfect office (students addition). This is a good little portable lap top but it wouldn't do me for my main laptop. It is small and a little slow but great for the backpack and taking on weekends trips.
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FWIW, I bought the Scansnap 1500 for Mac 6 months ago; use it with MacBook Pro. Haven't bought any organizing software yet, and so far, haven't missed it. I just run OCR in Acrobat AFTER I have scanned the docs (doing it during scanning takes too much time). When I want to find something, I just put the word in the Finder spotlight window, and 99% of time it finds the doc. I only 'name' docs that I think are really important (e.g. taxes).
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I would recommend an Office 365 personal subscription for $7.99/month. It's what I use on my Chromebook if I want the highest degree of compatibility with other MS Office users. For my own documents, I use the built in Word Processor and Spreadsheet. They are compatible with Word, but occasionally not perfectly (margin's off, etc). Now if someone would buy the Chromebook to replace by Acer C710, "that would be great (from Office Space)"!
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It matches the word to a list of words that has the same letter/sounds as typed in. My students have used it for one to two syllable words. I'm not sure how it would work with longer words.