[bksvol-discuss] Re: tip: scanning ergonomics
- From: fledchen <fledchen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:07:15 -0600
I keep my scanner on a shelf under my computer desk that is raised a couple
of inches off of the floor.
--Elisabeth Cyson
On Feb 13, 2008 1:52 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your foot. How the heck do you do that? Do you have the scanner on the
> floor?
>
> Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* fledchen <fledchen@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:48 PM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: tip: scanning ergonomics
>
> I find it easiest to use my foot, but obviously only with my own books.
> *grin*
>
> --Elisabeth Cyson
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 1:18 PM, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > For those who, like myself, find it painful to scan because of the
> > necessity of pressing the book flat against the scanner glass, here is
> > a tip that might help. Don't use your hand! That's right--you're
> > concentrating a relatively high amount of pressure over a relatively
> > small space, & that, in any language, spells trouble. Instead, use
> > the fleshy part of your upper arm, or simply your whole forearm, to
> > hold down the book. You're concentrating the same pressure over a
> > much wider area, & an area more substantial than the palm at that,
> > thereby reducing the strain on the muscles, tendons, & ligaments, &
> > ultimately on u!
> >
> > Happy scanning!
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