Yes. Recognition does take forever using grayscale. I've never been certain why this is, but I've noticed it to be true. Are you a fan of women's music? If so, check out the Eclectic Collection: A Celebration of Women In Music, each Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 eastern. www.radio360.us ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim and Flo" <jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:08 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about a paperback I'm trying to scan If nothing else works try softscan with grayscale. Recognition will take forever so use image scanning only. Jim At 09:45 AM 9/23/2009, you wrote: >Try softscan at 60 on the brightness and see what it does. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>solsticesinger >To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:30 PM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question about a paperback I'm trying to scan > >Hi, all. > >For the first time since I've had my opticbook 3600, it's giving me >trouble with a paperback book. I optimized several times, and these >are the settings I got. I'm wondering if anyone can suggest changes >that could be made to improve the scan. I'm getting very low >competence levels, sometimes 94 and below. > >Static thresholding is being used. Resolution is 300. Brightness is >42. Speckle removal is disabled. Text quality is draft dot matrix, >and recognition engine is finereader 8.1. > >If anyone has any ideas how to improve this, I would greatly appreciate it. > >is disabled. Are you a fan of women's music? If so, check out the >Eclectic Collection: A Celebration of Women In Music, each Wednesday >evening from 7 to 9 eastern. ><http://www.radio360.us>www.radio360.us > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2390 - Release Date: >09/23/09 05:52:00 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.