[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
- From: "CJ Vining" <Vining@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:01:37 -0700
Yes, I did, and thank you for trying to help, too!
My previous e-mail address was linked to a website which no longer exists,
and I had no warning when it was going. I suspect I've lost a lot of mail
because of it. Oh well...
Joanie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
> 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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