Absolutely. A lot depends on how much general experience in scanning someone has, and how much experience someone has had scanning with a particular tool, (and how willing that person is to take the time to try to get the most out of the scanner and software), as well as how much initiative and conscientiousness someone is willing to put into getting the highest quality out of their scanning irrespective of the tool. In other words, a lot of human factors independent of whatever setup is being used.
A better kind of test, though it would be harder to arrange, would be to try to get the same person to scan the same book with different scanners and software.
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Hi Scott,Just something to think about, but technique depends a lot more on the skillof the user of any given tool than the tool itself. A truly dedicated user can make an unreliable tool work wonders or an uninformed user can make a really stellar tool look inadequate. Just saying. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Rains Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 1:32 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A Technical Request Volunteers, Liz Halperin is doing a bit of research for me on scanning and proofing techniques. To test she needs three SHORT books submitted by volunteers. She needs one each scanned by Kurzweil, OpenBook, and OmniPro. Volunteers who scan with any of these three tools and can locate a short book to do for her during January please write to me at: scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx Scott Rains Benetech Fellow N 2fr8yzX2X6Gu&jy(62zv+:Kz+2Wyi2[. 6XB :{nG 7J+zW X2fyK w" jX6 =(i9r jw&kl-X [x698rY To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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