[bksvol-discuss] Re: another newby questions please and thank you.
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:47:40 -0700
Hi Valerie,
It's an awesome scanner! It is the OpticBook 3600 made by Plustek. Try
Amazon and/or ebay. I think those are the only places you might find one.
If buying that scanner, only for scanning books, avoid the 3600+ as it costs
much, much more. But then again, perhaps read the documentation on both,
because you are sighted and the bells and whistles offered with the 3600+
might suit you all, where they are just extra junk for a blind user.
Good luck! That scanner rocks!
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another newby questions please and thank you.
I could not find it with Google, Bud; do you have a link and prices on the
Optic 3600? I know someone looking for something like that.
Take care!
Valerie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:49 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another newby questions please and thank you.
Hi gang,
Just my two cents worth on the subjec, I actually did break the scanner by
pressing too hard. It didn;'t break the glass since I believe it is
plexi-glass which is hard to break, but it actually came unglued along one
edge and would drop down enough that it interfered with the mechanism. I
know money is a very important thing with most of us, but I finally got the
Optic 3600 which as most of you know is a bookedge scanner and the book can
be put at the edge of the scanner and you don't have to put any if very
little pressure. I thought scanning one page at a time would be a problem
and be slower than scanning two pages at once but it works out great and
much more accurately and just as fast. When I win the lottery I'm going to
buy everybody on the list an Optic 3600
Thanks for letting me in.
Bud
tAt 09:27 AM 8/5/2009, you wrote:
I forget who it was, but at least one person reported here breaking a
scanner by pressing down too hard on a book.
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: another newby questions please and thank you.
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You do have to press down on the spine of the book fairly firmly, so it's
flat,but not so hard that you break the glass. smile. I don't what scanner
or
program you're using. I set the bottom of the book at the bottom of my
scanner and make sure that the the edges of the pages are not way over at
the edge
of the scanner. That's where they get cut off.
When you think you have the book placed correctly, do a Preview Then you
adjust the surrounding lines do that the text is within the box. Then you
can
scanner--but be careful not to move the book. You can just open it in the
middle of the scanner, It's where the bordering square is that determines
what
gets scan. If it cuts off any of the text it won't scan.
Gwen, I'm sorry but I forgot whether or not you're blind. If you are and
can't see to set the frame around the text that you want to scan Somebody
else
better tell you what to do. smile
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
books-being-scanned list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Tue, 8/4/09, gwen tweedy <gstweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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From: gwen tweedy <gstweedy@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] another newby questions please and thank you.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 11:57 AM
My name is Gwen wife of Bob who is already a volunteer for a long time here
on bookshare.
My questions are these:
Is there a better place than another to put a book on your scanner bed
The first mailing I got from volunteer was a rejection of a book because
words were cut off but what was odd was when I read it or herard it on the
scanner
I heard all the words so didn't know this so thought it was OK and put up a
bad book.
Now ordenarily,
a few years ago,
I would have just stopped, gave up and chalked it up to I'll never learn or
get it,
but for some reason I am glad I got and that that first mailing was a
rejection,
because it tells me, and taught me what not to do.
And I am ready and willing to try again,
I am determined, I am one that I have to get it right or knock myself out
trying *smile*
I try to never but seldom let any thing beat me.
another question:
I know the book has to lie flat, but what do you really push down to make
that happen, because you have to be careful if it is not your book and I
feel
like I'm putting a terrible amount of pressure on hands and book just to get
it to come out right,
do you really have to press down that hard?
Thanks for any help.
Sorry if these questions seem silly or mundain.
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