[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:56:08 -0500
Hi, Patti! It's been a while since I've checked the scanner page on Freedom
Scientific. I do remember that your scanner was listed as being one that
will work with Open Book. I do seem to recall that it is not a particularly
fast alternative. Sometimes the particular scanner does make a difference,
especially where missing words are concerned.
If you haven't tried it, you may want to play with the page contrast
settings. Sometimes it helps to darken or lighten a page. However, until
FS decides to implement some of the same features as K1K, you're likely to
continue to experience more junk characters than you would like. No worries
though, because they can be eliminated by using the Find and Replace dialog.
You may want to consider saving your file in either Text or RTF, then
editing it in Word, since OpenBook has its own ideas about quotation marks,
etc., as illustrated here in the last couple of days. <Smile>
Last but not least, please don't lose heart. Even with OpenBook's flaws,
you probably still have some options to make the scanning process easier and
less time-consuming for you. If you don't want to fool with fixing all
those junk characters, feel free to submit it anyway, listing whatever you
know needs to be checked in the comments field. Pre-validating is
preferable, of course, but it certainly isn't required, and only the most
masochistically perfectionistic among us actually fix everything before
submitting! <LOL>
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: Patti Johnson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning
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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