[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:40:20 -0700 (PDT)

Joannie,

Thanks for posting again.  I see your address has
changed, and I will save it. Did you see and answer
Adrienne's message that was an anwer to your request?

Cindy

- CJ Vining <Vining@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oh, how I miss my Reading Edge for this very reason!
> 
> I press the spine down on both pb and hc books. It
> makes scanning hard work, yes, but at least I can be
> fairly certain that I won't have to go back and
> rescan pages a second time. I've become a great fan
> of the public library in the last few months,
> because their books are flexible enough not to need
> their spines pressed.
> 
> Some time back, didn't one of you have information
> about a particular new scanner which is designed
> similar to the Reading Edge? I neglected to make a
> note of the name of it, so if anyone knows what this
> is, I'd be grateful if it were posted again.
> 
> Joanie
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Patti Johnson 
>   To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:33 PM
>   Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scannin g
> 
> 
>   I was asking the gentleman at FS today if he
> scanned books and he said no.  He said what he knew
> about that was that most  paperbacks have cheap
> paper for pages, and the fact you have to hold the
> binding down to get a good scan, so he had never
> tried scanning a book but said he thought he might
> try it.  How many of you hold the binding down while
> scanning?  Seems to me if you are going to do that
> then you have to sit at the computer/scanner the
> whole time the book is scanning, whether you do it
> in segments but still, that sounds like a lot of
> effort, and wondered if that is what you all do.  I
> also wonder if hardback books are easier, if you
> have to hold that binding down as often on a
> hardback book. The gentleman at FS said that was one
> of the things he really had liked about the reading
> edge, that all that effort wasn't necessary because
> of how you had the book positioned on the scanner,
> and the fact you could put it in a farther back
> position, however he said it.  Anyway, just curious,
>   Patti
> 
>   Me and my guide dog;
>   He does a good job,
>   He keeps me safe
>   So life is just great
>   For me and my guide dog.



                
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