[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:28:39 -0700 (PDT)
Well, when I scan I have to scan one page at a time,
so I have to sit at the scanner anyway. It's boring,
and also was starting to cause pain in my arthritic
shoulders, which is why I stopped scanning whole
books.
And yes, I do hold the binding down both for hardbound
and for paperback books. Also, one has to press the
edges, too, or parts of lines will be lost.
Fortunately, most book pages are of such a width that
one can press down the binding and still exert enough
pressure at the open edge of the book that the scans
generally come out o.k.
For hardbound books from the library that have those
plastic covers to protect the paper cover, I find if I
put my hand inside the cover and on top of the book
itself it works best.
Cindy
--- Patti Johnson <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was asking the gentleman at FS today if he scanned
> books and he said no. He said what he knew about
> that was that most paperbacks have cheap paper for
> pages, and the fact you have to hold the binding
> down to get a good scan, so he had never tried
> scanning a book but said he thought he might try it.
> How many of you hold the binding down while
> scanning? Seems to me if you are going to do that
> then you have to sit at the computer/scanner the
> whole time the book is scanning, whether you do it
> in segments but still, that sounds like a lot of
> effort, and wondered if that is what you all do. I
> also wonder if hardback books are easier, if you
> have to hold that binding down as often on a
> hardback book. The gentleman at FS said that was one
> of the things he really had liked about the reading
> edge, that all that effort wasn't necessary because
> of how you had the book positioned on the scanner,
> and the fact you could put it in a farther back
> position, however he said it. Anyway, just curious,
> Patti
>
> Me and my guide dog;
> He does a good job,
> He keeps me safe
> So life is just great
> For me and my guide dog.
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