[bksvol-discuss] Kurzweil -- Fw: new scanner and OCR alert
- From: James Nuttall <jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:35:41 -0700 (PDT)
Sorry I didn't save the e-mail message that mentioned the folks at Kurzweil
have ordered the OpticBook scanner. Where did you order the scanner from and
were you able to get it for the $250 price?
Jim Nuttall -- Michigan
Louise <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> New Scanner Eliminates Spine Shadow
>
> By Mike Berman
>
> Frustration is trying to scan pages from a book on a flatbed scanner.
> The solution: the new OpticBook 3600 ($249) from Plustek.
>
> It's happened to all of us _- we try to scan or copy pages from a book
> or other publication only to discover that some of the type is distorted
> or the type
> near the spine is lost in what has become known as "spine shadow."
>
> So, we end up either breaking the spine of the book to get it to lie
> flat or cut the pages out of the book, neither of which is a desirable
> solution.
>
> Enter, stage left, the OpticBook 3600.
>
> Plustek has developed what they call SEE (Shadow Elimination Element)
> Technology, which allows book pages to lie flat on the bed of the
> scanner and uses
> a lamp with curved ends to scan type close to the book's spine. The
> result is a readable, undistorted copy in eight-to-10 seconds.
>
> Of course the scanner has all of the features we've come to expect from
> a flatbed including the ability to email, copy, and scan images at the
> touch of
> a button. But the additional "book action buttons" allow us to preview,
> color scan, grayscale scan or text scan those pesky book pages.
>
> In addition, the scanner comes with Book Pilot software, which:
>
> _ It automatically rotates images as consecutive pages are scanned.
>
> _ It gives you an image preview in 3.5 seconds.
>
> _ It allows you to save images in JPG, BMP or PDF formats.
>
> _ You can convert images to Microsoft Word or PDF documents.
>
> _ You can adjust the scan frame size to fit the book size.
>
> _ You can save all the images of a particular job into one file.
>
> Plus you can scan to OCR, view images in "real time" to make adjustments
> in contrast, brightness and gamma, and categorize your images.
>
> The scanner comes with the standard software bundle (except for Book
> Pilot): NewSoft Presto Page Manager, ULead Photo Impact XL SE, ULead
> Photo Explorer
> SE and ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint.
>
> Specs on the scanner, for those that are addicted to such things, are
> pretty much what we've come to expect from the new generation of
> flatbeds:
>
> _ A high-speed USB 2.0 interface.
>
> _ Hardware resolution of 1200 dpi with software interpolated resolution
> of 2400 dpi.
>
> _ 48-bit input and 24/48-bit output scanning mode for color, 16-bit
> input and 8/16-bit output for grayscale.
>
> _ Single-pass scanning mode.
>
> _ A cold cathode lamp.
>
> For more information, check out the company's web site at
> www.plustek.com.
>
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