[bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:41:31 -0700 (PDT)
If that's the case, just put the book on the scanner up aside down, i.e., with
the bottom of the page at the edge where the hinge is .For some reason, when my
husband got me a new scanner some years back with the Fine reader software, it
I have to do that.
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 Wed, 10/28/09, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 12:27 AM
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> Hi, Lori, it is possible that I have
> my scanner facing
> completely around. The way it sits on my desk top the hinge
> is at the top, the
> buttons are on the front. It looks as if I might have to
> turn the scanner around
> by 90 degrees in order to use the thing. Lesson 1 for
> me. Thanks. Regards,
> Kim.
>
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> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Lori
> Castner
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:05 PM
> To:
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
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> P.S., Kim, my husband
> reminded me to say that you
> do need to hold down the book so that the page is flat on
> the scanner, and you
> do need to line up the left margin of the page with the
> edge of the
> scanner. Considering the hinged edge of the cover to
> be the left side of
> the scanner, you line the bound edge of the book against
> the inner edge of the
> raised frame at the bottom of the scanner with the
> perpendicular edge of the
> page lining up with the inner edge of the righthand
> frame.
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> Hope that is clear and
> that it helps.
>
> Lori C.
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>
> ----- Original Message
> -----
> From:
> Lori
> Castner
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Tuesday,
> October 27, 2009 11:47
> AM
> Subject:
> [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
>
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> Hi, Kim,
>
> Actually for the most
> part scanning is just as
> effortless as your family thinks it is.
>
> I use Openbook, not
> Kurtzweil, so there may be
> some settings that would help you; I hope Kurzweil users
> will
> comment.
>
> Also, with the Cannon
> most books lay on the
> flatbed, but it may be necessary to scan one page at a
> time.
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> I did use Kurtzweil at
> work many years ago, but
> did not do books or anything I would want to
> keep.
>
> Why don't you either
> start with justa letter, a
> short document or a short book to see how it goes.
> Once you have done
> some scanning, you will better know what questions to
> ask.
>
> With
> encouragement,
> Lori C.
>
>
> ----- Original Message
> -----
> From:
> Kim
> Friedman
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Tuesday,
> October 27, 2009 9:27
> AM
> Subject:
> [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
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> Hi, Lori, what intimidates me is
> that I've never had a
> scanner before and I don't know the first thing
> about scanning anything. I
> have stuff that might be wider than the scanner's
> bed. Will the book still
> scan in that case? When I got Kurzweil 1000 version
> 11.0, I called the Tech
> Support folks and they helped me set up Kurzweil and
> I've read some of the
> manual, but manuals and me don't get along, I.e., I
> hear what I'm reading,
> but whatever knowledge that is there isn't absorbed
> by me as it goes right
> over my head. I am not the greatest problem solver in
> the world and have no
> idea of the questions I ought to be asking and
> resolving to scan something.
> I have family members who assume that all one does is
> slap something down on
> the scanner, it scans automatically, Kurzweil reads it
> automatically, and
> voila! instant images ready to be read, etc. I'm
> wondering if it's really
> all that simple. I've never seen anything in my
> life, so have no way to
> gauge what's occurring. Let's face it,
> I'm scared. I know it's
> irrational and unreasonable, but there it is. I
> don't know anybody living
> nearby who can walk me through using the thing.
> That's It pure and simple.
> I've put something on the scanner and have
> apparently had no results due to
> my total lack of knowledge, possible non-willingness to
> persevere, and fear.
> Regards, Kim the
> scannerphobe.
>
>
>
> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Lori
> Castner
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:21 AM
> To:
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
>
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>
> Kim what intimidates
> you about the cannon
> scanner? My husband uses one and has had very
> good luck.
>
> Lori C.
>
>
> ----- Original Message
> -----
> From:
> Kim
> Friedman
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Sent: Tuesday,
> October 27, 2009 12:15
> AM
> Subject:
> [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
>
>
> Hi, Monica, if you are interested
> The Cake Bible
> is in the NLS program. In fact, I got the
> recording and duplicated
> it for my personal use. Rose Levy Beranbaum has other
> cookbooks and one of
> them is The Pastry Bible. I think her books
> may be tough because
> her ingredients lists are written using weight
> measurements as well as the
> cups and spoons measurements we're used to. Along
> with that, she uses
> sidebars which have commentary. I imagine there are a
> lot of illustrations
> in her books. I have heard of Taste of Home, but
> haven't read the
> magazines they produce. I'm getting Bon Appétit
> and I used to get Gourmet.
> I have found some neat cookbooks. I've got some
> cookbooks in print that
> I'd definitely love to see in the Bookshare
> collection. I have a Canon
> LIDE90 scanner but am unsure and intimidated about
> using it. It's a
> flatbed scanner and is longer than it is wide.
> It's sitting there on my
> desk and is plugged into the computer with a USB
> cable. Anyhow, thanks for
> writing back. Regards, Kim.
>
>
>
> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Monica
> Willyard
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:31 PM
> To:
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
>
>
>
> Kim, you and I have similar
> interests in
> cookbooks. (smile) I'd like to see the list of
> cookbooks you'd like to
> have access to. I can help with scanning if they are
> at my library. I also
> have just been given a stack of cookbooks today, and
> I'll work on adding
> those too. Many of them are from Better Homes and
> Gardens or Taste Of
> Home. I don't know how well they'll scan. The
> Taste Of Home books seem to
> be doing well so far. The Better Homes and Gardens
> books are thinner but
> are also done in columns. I'll tackle one soon
> and see how well it works
> out.
>
> I did send a book called The
> Cake Bible to the
> Bookshare office with the hope that Carrie's
> proofreaders could work on
> it. I don't know if they are able to process it
> though. I hope so because
> there are a lot of good cake recipes in there. My mom
> used to read it to
> me.
>
> Monica
> Willyard
> "The best way to
> predict the future is to create it." -- Peter
> Drucker
>
>
>
>
> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Kim
> Friedman
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:08 PM
> To:
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
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> Hi, Monica, I thank you for your
> message. This stuff,
> needless to say, is unknown territory to me. The
> stuff I found on
> amazon.com vary in date, but I'll bet you some of
> them are definitely of
> recent vintage (not sure though). I thought these
> would be a change from
> the usual Weight Watcher stuff of
> which Bookshare seems to have
> a great amount. I like ethnic cookbooks and seem to
> be gravitating
> to cookbooks about desserts and baking, if only
> for making me
> imagine how those desserts might taste. (I'm
> getting hungry just
> thinking about this stuff.) I am not saying there
> shouldn't be books on
> health, diet, and nutrition, but I lean towards the
> straight cookbook
> that concerns itself with what people eat in a
> particular cuisine,
> how to get the ingredients, cooking methods, history
> of cooking in that
> cuisine, and (I hope) lovely delicious recipe
> instructions that make me
> wish I were eating what I'm reading about. Would
> anybody like me to go
> into amazon.com and I can send the names of cookbooks
> that I'm interested
> in seeing at bookshare, both the ones on my shopping
> cart (to be bought
> later) and those on my wish list? I think if anyone
> is interested in this
> I should send the lists directly to interested
> parties on the Bookshare
> volunteer discussion list. Also they might write me
> off list so nobody
> gets in trouble. Regards, Kim. ksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Monica
> Willyard
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:36 AM
> To:
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
> bookbooks
>
>
>
> Hi Kim and Jamie. For what
> it's worth, I've found
> that many cookbooks from the 80s and early 90s scan
> better than brand new
> cookbooks. I think that's because they were using
> computers with more
> standard fonts, and they tend to use real fractions
> instead of the half
> symbol in ingredient lists. Cookbooks from the 60s,
> on the other hand,
> don't scan so well because they often use a font
> that is sort of
> decorative or like handwriting, and the paper has
> yellowed. The Frugal
> Gourmet books from the late 80s scanned very well. I
> wish I still had them
> to submit. I scanned them back when I was using DOS
> when I scanned them in
> 1991, and they were almost flawless. I couldn't
> convert them when I
> started using Windows, and that means scanning them
> from scratch. I got
> them from my local library. That means I can get them
> again. I just need
> some vacation time to do more scanning. The Frugal
> Gourmet Cooks With Wine
> is my favorite in that series. Oh no! Now I've
> made myself hungry from
> thinking about the Italian gravy recipe in that book.
>
>
> Monica
> Willyard
> "The best way to
> predict the future is to create it." -- Peter
> Drucker
>
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