System Requirements for Use with a PC
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Computer Type |
Pentium 400 MHz or better
processor |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista™, Windows
XP, or Windows 2000 (32 bit) Windows 7 |
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Video Display |
A
VGA video card and monitor, running at 800x600 resolution
and high-color 16-bit mode or greater |
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Memory |
128 MB of RAM (256 MB if
using RealSpeak™ Solo voices) |
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Hard Disk |
400 MB of available hard
disk space (1GB if installing RealSpeak Solo voices) |
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Media |
WYNN ships on CD-ROM |
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Microphone |
Included, for voice annotations |
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Recognized File
Types |
WYNN can open and read ASCII text, Microsoft Word,
WordPerfect, HTML, and many more file types |
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Speech Synthesis |
WYNN ships with IBM’s ViaVoice Outloud speech software to
make your PC speak. To use ViaVoice Outloud for speech
synthesis, you need a sound card in your computer. WYNN also
supports most SSIL speech synthesizers, including DECtalk. |
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Supported Scanners
(for WYNN Wizard) |
See our scanner information page |
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Optional |
An Internet connection
plus an ISP (Internet Service Provider), TWAIN-compatible
scanner for scanning using WYNN Wizard |
Scanner Info:
Which Scanners Do We Recommend?
People often ask us which scanners we recommend. Below is a
list of several scanner models that have been tested with WYNN and
work well. The first few are the latest models, with older models
listed farther down in the list.
Note that some of these scanners have been discontinued by the
manufacturers in favor of newer models. That doesn't always mean
the scanners are not available. Retail stores usually carry
scanners for quite a while after the manufacturer has discontinued
them.
Also note that just because a particular scanner model works
well, that doesn't always mean a similar model will work equally
well. An example of that is the Visioneer
8900: our Test Department feels this scanner is too quirky to be
strongly recommended (special steps are required to cancel
scanning, among other things). Yet the
Visioneer 8800 is highly recommended.
Highly Recommended Scanners
Epson 1650
Epson 1640 SU Office (comes with Automatic Document Feeder)
Epson 1250
Visioneer
OneTouch 8800
Highly Recommended Older
Model Scanners (more than 6 months old)
Epson 1640 SU
Epson 1240
Visioneer
OneTouch 8600
Microtek X12 USL (legal sized)
Canon 630 EY
Umax: all SCSI models are good and
stable; most USB models are good and stable for WYNN 3, but are
not recommended for WYNN 2.
About HP Scanners…
We used to recommend HP scanners because they worked very
smoothly with our products. However, HP recently started making
changes to all the scanners that impacted the compatibility with
our software. The last HP scanners we felt really comfortable with
were the 5200 and the 6300. After that, the testing was not as
"passable" as with other scanners. The HP5300, 4300, and 3200 are
not recommended because they are designed for occasional use only,
and they did not pass our stress (durability) tests. The HP7400,
the latest model, will work with WYNN. But
HP's TWAIN drivers are rather slow. In addition, you can
only use Automatic Contrast with this scanner's TWAIN drivers. Any
other contrast setting can introduce scanning errors into the
image. Since "Scan for Speed" turns off automatic contrast, you
should not use Scan for Speed with this scanner. Aside from this
limitation, the scanner seems to work well.
Other Scanners Recommended
With Qualifiers
Microtek
ScanMaker 4700 and 5700 are recommended, but only on
Windows 98 or Windows Me.
Microtek other models: work well, but
are slow.
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