Vanguard wrote:
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> "Alix" <nospam@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns98E2DDA26F4A35D4AM2@127.0.0.1...
> > Where can I get a hand-held wand which I can pass across a sheet of
> > paper and it copies the text on the page into its internal memory?
> >
> > I saw one mentioned somewhere bu don't know what they are properly
> > called or how much they are. (I want to get one at a low price.)
>
> What you are asking is a hand-held scanner.

Hand-held scanners were once sold as an alternative to very expensive flatbed scanners. I have not seen any in about five years, since flatbed scanners have become inexpensive.

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.