[bksvol-discuss] Re: Request for Scanning Help
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:07:18 -0700 (PDT)
O.K. No problem. The Princess Diary books were like that, too, i.e., the dates
across the top of the page were in impossible-to-scan fonts. And a book I'm
reading now, How the States Got Their Shapes, is very interesting, but the
first page of each chapter--each chapter is a state--is white print on a black
background, and there are tons of white-and-gray pictures of states and their
boundaries. I told Shelley not to worry about it, but I see it's a 2008
publication of SMithsonian in association with HarperCollins, so maybe it will
be donated.
Cindy
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--- On Tue, 8/12/08, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Request for Scanning Help
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 6:03 PM
> Hi, Cindy,
>
> I can do that if there is no other response.
>
> It will be a lot of work though because many of the page
> numbers do not
> scan; there will probably be a lot of junk to remove with
> the pictures, and
> the dates at tops of pages do not scan at all.
>
> I have a device called an optacon which was manufactured
> about 35 years ago.
> It was the first device which enabled blind people to read
> print because it
> created raised versions of letters, numbers etc when a
> camera was moved
> across a line of print. I still use that device which is
> how I discovered
> the dates in very dark borders and the weirdly-shaped page
> numbers
> well-hidden at the bottom of pages, but there would be far
> too much work
> using an optacon to make the needed corrections.
>
> So, if you are sure you want to do all this work, I'll
> keep scanning if I
> get no other responses. And there is no hurry at all.
>
> Maybe Lassie is worth it!
>
> Lori
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:03 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Request for Scanning Help
>
>
> > Lori,
> >
> > If no responds and if you want to go ahead and scan it
> and put it up, and
> > if you aren't in a hurry for it, I'll validate
> it for you. I can get a
> > copy of the print book, but there are holds on it,
> plus I'm only a third
> > of the way of a tome I must finish before I do
> anything else.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/12/08, Lori Castner
> <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Lori Castner
> <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Request for Scanning
> Help
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 3:33 PM
> >> Hi, Friends,
> >>
> >> I recently purchased a book that I was eager to
> scan:
> >> Timmy's in the Well."
> >>
> >> The book is by Jon Provost who played Timmy in the
> Lassie
> >> series for seven years. The book details his
> years as a
> >> star on "Lassie," and the the issues
> faced by
> >> himself and other child stars. I heard an
> hour-long
> >> interview with Jon Provost and his wife Laurie
> Jacobson who
> >> assisted him with the writing of the book. During
> the
> >> interview, both authors were interesting,
> soft-spoken and
> >> extremely informative. This interview sparked my
> desire to
> >> read the book.
> >>
> >> Now to my request. I have begun scanning the book
> and have
> >> found that the book contains some script (oddly
> written)
> >> lines, a number of pictures, which makes it
> difficult for me
> >> to read, and dates at the start of pages
> surrpounded by dark
> >> borders, which mean they do not appear in the
> scan. I am
> >> asking if someone else would be willing to scan
> this book in
> >> order to deal with these issues; I could then
> validate a
> >> cleaner text.
> >>
> >> I really feel sad when I discover a book that I
> cannot scan
> >> to present the book in its true best form, but
> this book is
> >> one of them; I think it would need a scanner with
> at least
> >> some sight who can deal with these concerns.
> >>
> >> If anyone is willing to scan this book, please
> contact me
> >> offlist at
> >>
> >> loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Cat Lover Lori
> >
> >
> >
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