[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books with pics?
- From: socly@xxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:10:51 -0500
Unfortunately, Allison, my advice, based on my experience with picture books,
is to forget trying to
scan it and just type in the words. You could scan pages if there are whole
pages of text, but I found
it was easier, when there was a line of text under or above or on the side of a
picture, to describe the
picture in brackets, (if you have a sighted person to help with this and you
both have the patience)
and type the text. Or just say, in brackets, illustratio, and type the text.
I don't think bookshare has the capability to retain illustrations.
Cindy
---- Original Message -----
From: "Allison" <alwaysallie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:06:38 -0400
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books with pics?
> Hey all, could use some tips on this one.
>
> Am trying to scan a book which is more picture than text. The pictures are
> said to be elaborate and
beautiful, but I think the book should be up there cuz at the very least it is
a good story.
Nevertheless, I'm having a really hard time getting the book to scan well.
Often a page will have a
picture, then some text in the middle, another picture, and then some more text
at the bottom of the
page. I've tried the basic Kurzweil tricks that I know, Moving the book
different ways on the scanner,
Optimizing scans per each page, etc. I'm out of ideas though guys. Anyone
scan books like this?
I've not done it before now and could use some advice.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Allison
>
> "It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing
> nothing, really doing
nothing."
(Gertrude Stein, writer, everybody's autobiography)
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