[bksvol-discuss] Re: More FineReader testing
- From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:30:09 -0500
Donna:
I posted on Jake's site. So no digging necessary.
***
Grace
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From: Donna Smith
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More FineReader testing
Okay. I've done some playing around with FR8 this weekend. I'm using an
Epson Perfection 1660 and I've chosen the FineReader interface option for
scanning. I also went through the set up options and read the help files.
It's amazing what you can learn like that! <big grin> I unchecked everything
they said might slow down the scan and everything that looked to be unnecessary
since I only want text and will do the editing in another program, but it's
still very sluggish. The really strange thing is that it gets slower with each
page scanned. So the lapse between scans for the first page will be 15
seconds, then 22 seconds, then 28, then 35, then 40. I'm not sure how slow it
will get because my patience run out long before we get there! I've never had
this happen with any scanning software.
I then went back to FR7 and unfortunately got the same results. All this is
with my laptop, but it has a lot of memory and is usually a pretty fast
computer.
The other thing I don't like about FR8 is that it is saving each page scanned
as a file in my ebooks folder. This is happening even though I checked the
option in the save dialogue to create one file for all pages and am not even
saving it as a batch file when I'm done scanning and saving. I think FR7 did
something like this, too, but it saved it somewhere in the FineReader manager
and I just had to go in periodically and delete the file so it could start all
over again.
I wanted to go back to my desktop to check on the setting options I used
before, but can't get into it. It's a long story, but the end result is that I
can't access anything on my desktop for now.
Does anyone still have the last message I sent out about setting up
FineReader for scanning? Of course, my copy of that message is on my on-strike
desktop.
I'm determined to get to the bottom of all this. I like FR too much to give
up on it yet.
Peace and Hope,
Donna
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pratik patel
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:28 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More FineReader testing
Donna,
Under FRPro's Scanning options, which interface are you using? It will
typically ask you to use iether the original application (i.e., the scanner's
interface) or the Fine Reader interface. What scanner are you using? with my
trial version, I have not encountered that particular problem. In fact, a book
scanned with a gray-scale and 400 DPI setting scans faster with the same
scanner than it does with either K1000 or Openbook.
Pratik
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna Smith
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 7:32 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] More FineReader testing
Hello to those of you who are playing around with FineReader. I currently
own FR Professional version 7.0, but am testing version 8.0 on a trial basis.
I've started scanning a book tonight, and can't figure out why it is scanning
so incredibly slowly. I think I'm using the same settings I use with FR7, but
the lapse between pages is interminable, and I don't even have the box checked
to pause between pages! Usually, I check this box and tell it to pause for 5
seconds. Any ideas?
The resulting scan is good except for treating the headings like columns and
ending it with a section break continuous. The text of the book is beautiful,
though. Of course, I get beautiful text with FR7 without the other problems,
so if this doesn't get better soon, I will be saving myself the cost of the
upgrade.
I'm very interested to hear what others are experiencing.
Peace and Hope,
Donna
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