Well, me too Robert. My scans are near perfect when it comes to the word content and simply listening to them. I had know idea I was getting into all this other stuff. The scanning manual just says to get rid of junk characters, etc. I do and like I said if you just listen to the scan it sounds great. This is a whole lot of stuff to try and figure out, but like you I really want to give something back for all of the hours of great listening I've had so I'm trying to get it nailed down. I'm sure we can help each other out.
Denise At 07:02 PM 6/10/2009, you wrote:
Denise,Excellent idea. I'm going to do some playing tomorrow with what I've been reading the last couple of days. I talked with Freedom Scientific's technical folks a week or so back, and they say there is no way to get rid of the linebreaks in the scanning process, as there is no such command. If what I try tomorrow works (putting the document into Microsoft Word, and then deleting the linebreaks--not the paragraph breaks) I'll let you know. I feel pretty stupid. I'll bet I've scanned twenty or thirty thousand pages for myself, and it has worked. I really thought I was pretty good at it.RobertAttention: The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or nonpublic material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies.>>> Denise Thompson <deniset@xxxxxxx> 6/10/2009 1:46 PM >>> Robert I'm using OB 8+. I'm having similar difficulties. I'm working with someone who's trying to help me figure what to do differently to make the scans acceptable. We need to stay in touch and compare notes. Denise At 09:53 AM 6/10/2009, you wrote: >Sorry, but two questions: >a) What do you mean by "blacken", and >b) which software is this? > I did five books, got four sent back. I'm retired, and > really want to do this as I've been freeloading off you all for four years. > FYI: I use OpenBook 7.0, an Ebson (I think that's how you > spell it) 2480 scanner, and prefer using Word Perfect 12.0 for word > processing, though I can make my way around in Word. > Robert > > > >Attention: The information contained in this message and/or >attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is >addressed and may contain confidential and/or nonpublic >material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use >of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by >persons or entities other than the intended recipient is >prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the >sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. > > > >>> Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> 6/9/2009 7:32 PM >>> > >There (1) 2 ways to get rid of the undesirable line breaks:(1) >delete each one manually and replace it with a space or (2) Blacken >the whole paragraph up to the paragraph sign at the end of the >paragraph and re place with a space. The first time you'll have to >use just replace, not replace all, but after that, with he >otherparagraphs, you can replace replace all. If youmake a >mistake--and you'll know right away because you'll see just one huge >paragraph, you can undo > >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, 6/9/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Rejecting a great scan for too many > page breaks > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:54 PM > > I don't think you want to get rid of > > line breaks. That's usually how your editor or notetaker > > knows where a new paragraph begins. If you delete them you > > will have a very long paragraph. > > > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Peters" <rpet@xxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:10 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Rejecting a great scan for > > too many page breaks > > > > > > > Since I've just had four books returned because of > > line breaks, if I do the replace in Word and replace ^l with > > a space, will that get rid of those things? > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > Attention: The information contained in this > > message and/or attachments is intended only for the person > > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > > confidential and/or nonpublic material. Any review, > > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of > > any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > > entities other than the intended recipient is > > prohibited. 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