vThe Portset Reader is a one box, stand alone, scanner with speech built in, all you do is switch on, wait for the spoken announcement, lift the lid, place your print on the glass, press the start key and within a short time the document will be read to you. There is also a built in floppy drive for the transfer of any scanned document to a computer., , Advances in text recognition technology combined with Portset's high quality speech synthesis makes document reading with the Portset Reader a simple task. Portset’s speech engine gives a voice of high clarity, precision and the intelligence that is necessary for such an application.