[bksvol-discuss] Scanning
- From: "Patti Johnson" <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:45:30 -0400
I scanned a book yesterday, took me nearly 12 hours, it was about 300 pages. I
played with the settings, I held the book down, and discovered a couple things.
First, my arms hurt today, grin! Second, if I scan with color scan, it takes
a little longer, but there are no words missing. If I remove color scan and do
it the other way, there are words missing, even with holding the book down. In
spite of all I couldand did try, there were incredible amounts of asterisks
and greater-than signs and all kinds of things on the pages, some pages worse
than others, and I suspect the pages that had pictures were the worst. But, as
I listened, I could understand the majority of the text. I do not understand
this at all, I guess I never will. My Braille Lite is being repaired, so I
have no display; but when I get it back I will go in and re read this book and
take out all those strange symbols that I can. I may or may not submit this
book, I haven't decided. But I just wanted to tell you my experience in
scanning it. I guess I just don't get how a printed book can have so many
errors in it and why the software doesn't dismiss them. I know I don't have
the best scanner in the world, but it does make me wonder if it would make any
difference.
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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