Cicero optical character recognition for Windows 95/98/NT

for Microsoft Windows Vista and XP

System Requirements

(Details below are intended as a guide only)

For Microsoft Windows Vista

Processor - Intel� Core 2 Duo� 2.1Ghz, or Intel� Pentium� D Processor 925 3.0Ghz, or Intel� Centrino Duo� Mobile 1.66, or AMD� Athlon� 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, or equivalent or higher.
Memory - 1Gb or higher
Graphics card - "add in" AGP or PCI Express or PCI card with 256 MB memory or higher.
Sound card - "on-board" or "add in".
Hard disk - 500 MB of free space, if multiple Text To Speech (TTS) engines are to be installed then more free space will be required
Internet connection

For Microsoft Windows XP

Processor � Intel P3 750 Mhz or AMD Athlon 750 or higher
Memory � 512 MB or higher
Graphics card � AGP "add in" card with 8 MB memory or higher (not on board)
Sound card � Sound Blaster 1024 or equivalent (not on board)
Hard disk � 125 MB of free space
Internet connection

Language Versions

Cicero is available in UK English, US English, Arabic, Belgian Dutch, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hong Kong Cantonese, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Spanish (Catalan), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish and Welsh.

Description

Cicero scans and converts printed documents to synthesized speech and reads them aloud to you. Cicero is useful to people, young and old, who are either visually impaired or print impaired, whether technically comfortable or a complete beginner.

Easy to use

Users can scan and read document with a single key press. Automatic orientation detection, image thresholding, de-skew, and de-columnization mean that the recognition of faint text, text in columns, or slanted text can be achieved with no user intervention. Users can start or stop the speech with a single key press, move forwards and backwards through the scanned text, and even spell out words individually.

Seamless integration with other speech applications

Cicero uses Dolphin�s SAM (Synthesizer Access Manager) module to enable the sharing of your speech synthesizer with other SAM-compatible access products, such as Hal, Supernova and LunarPlus.

SAM has been developed because with the increasing number of "talking" access products on the market, users can now encounter problems when they want to use their screen reader in conjunction with other talking products. SAM resolves these problems by automatically and intelligently deciding which access product has the right to pass information to the speech synthesizer. This allows users to run all their SAM-compatible speech applications seamlessly. This means that you can switch back and forth between Cicero and, for instance, Hal with Internet Explorer, without having to un-load and re-load your screen reader. Another advantage of this is that you can edit your scanned text directly in your favorite word processor using only three key presses (including ENTER). Brailing your scanned text using a Braille translation system such as Cipher is similarly painless, because you can start them directly from Cicero.

Feature List

Scan bills, letters and leaflets so you can convert the message into your choice of speech, large print, or Braille.
Using a scanner, Cicero works simply by pressing a single button.
Very accurate character recognition.
If you are a Supernova user, you will be able to integrate with v7 onwards.
Choose your own text and background colors to suit your vision requirements.
Supports a large number of languages for scanning, reading and software operation.
Full Braille support including Grade 2 where supported (EN, DE, NL).
Scanned documents can be outputted to your word processor for editing or reading.
Save documents and letters so you can read them again later.
Supports any Twain compatible scanner so no special equipment required.
Self voicing, so no need for any additional reading software.

Scanner compatibility

AGFA StudioScan

AGFA StudioScan (ASPI)

AGFA StudioScan II

AGFA StudioScan IIsi

AGFA StudioScan IIsi (ASPI)

AGFA Arcus (ASPI)

AGFA Arcus Plus (ASPI)

AGFA Arcus II

AGFA Arcus II (ASPI)

AGFA Focus Color

AGFA Focus S600

AGFA Focus S600 GS

AGFA Focus II / S800 GSE, S800, S800 GS

AGFA Focus II / S800 GSE (ASPI)

AVision AV100

AVision AV660

AVision AV680

AVision AV800

AVR 302

AVR 3000/GS Plus

AVR 3000/CL Plus

Bell+Howell+Kofax Copiscan II 3338(A)

Brother BS-300

Brother BS-300GS

Brother BS-400

Canon CLC10/CJ10

Canon IX-12

Canon IX-12F

Canon IX-30F

Canon IX-3010

Canon IX-4015

Chinon DS-3000/N-207

CompuScan PCS

Datacopy GS plus

Datacopy 730GS

Datacopy 830, 730

Datacopy JetReader

Dest PC Scan 2000

Dextra Reader

Epson GT-4000

Epson GT-6000

Epson GT-8000, GT-6500 (Parallel)

Epson GT-9000, GT-8000, GT-6500 (ASPI)

Epson GT-9000, GT-8000, GT-6500 (SCSI)

ESCOM 1200 PC

ESCOM 1200 PC (ASPI)

ESCOM 2400 PC, 1600 PC

ESCOM 2400 PC, 1600 PC (ASPI)

ETEN ETS 400F

FORA IMG-311

FORA IMG-321

FORA IMG-511

Fujitsu M3096G/H

Fujitsu M3191F2

Fujitsu ScanPartner 10

Fujitsu+Kofax M3093E/F, M3094E/F, M3095E/F, M3096E/E+/F/F+, M3097E

Genius ColorPage-I

Genius FastReader

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet Plus

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet IIc

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet IIp, 3p

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet IIcx, 3c, 4c

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4p, 5p

Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5100C

IBM PageScanner/3119

IBM ADF Color Scanner

Kyocera A-400

Kyocera A-800/KS-800

Lightscan 300G

Lightscan 320F

Lightscan 400P

Mectel UF-32

Mectel UF-42

Mectel UG-80

Microtek ScanMaker II

Microtek ScanMaker 600G

Microtek ScanMaker 600Z

Microtek ScanMaker 800G

Microtek MS-II

Microtek MS-300

Microtek MS-300A

Microtek MSF-300A, MSF-300C

Microtek MS-300C

Microtek MSF-300G, MSF-300Q

Microtek MSF-300Z

Microtek MSF-400G

Mitsubishi MH216CG + MH01FC

Mitsumi S202

Mouse Systems PB/Reader

Mustek MS-1300G

Mustek MS-2300C

Mustek MFS-3000C

Mustek MFS-6000C

Mustek MFS-6000CX (AZ) / Paragon 600

Mustek MFS-12000CX (AZ) / Paragon 1200

Niscan Page

Panasonic FX-RS307

Panasonic FX-RS308

Panasonic FX-RS505

Panasonic FX-RS506

Pentax DS6

Pentax DS10

Pentax SB-L301 / IQ Scan

Pentax SB-A4301

Plustek ScanFX

Plustek ScanPlus B/W 300

Plustek ScanPlus Gray 300

Plustek ScanPlus Color 3000

Princeton LS-300

Ricoh FS2, FS1S

Ricoh IS410

Ricoh RS300S / SS30

Ricoh RS312 / IS30M4, RS311 / IS30M2

Ricoh RS322 Plus / IS11M2, RS322 / IS11, RS320 / IS10

Ricoh RS632 / IS60

Ricoh RS632 / IS60 (ASPI)

Sharp JX-330

Sharp JX-600

Sharp JX-450, JX-300

Siemens HighScan 800, 600, 400, 300, 40

Siemens HighScan 800, 600, 400, 300, 40 (ASPI)

SIIG Sirius 32

Tamarack 6000C / ArtiScan, 3000C

Tamarack 6000C / ArtiScan, 3000C (ASPI)

Tamarack 12000C, 8000C

Tamarack 12000C, 8000C (ASPI)

Targa TS 30n

Targa TS 800c

Targa TS 600c

Telic AGD-300

UMAX UF32

UMAX UF42

UMAX UG80

UMAX UC300

UMAX UG630

UMAX UC630

UMAX UC840

UMAX UC1260

UMAX UC1260 (ASPI)

UMAX Vista-S6

UMAX Vista-S6 (ASPI)

UMAX Vista-S8

UMAX Vista-S8 (ASPI)

UMAX PS-2400X (Power Look)

UMAX PS-2400X (Power Look) (ASPI)

VISA FBS 300

VISA FBS 400

Vobis HighScreen II

Pricing

Cicero Text Reader Single License

$395.00

Cicero Text Reader Additional Single License

$140.00

Cicero - text reader

for Microsoft Windows Vista and XP