[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:40:32 -0500
Patti,
I believe this was suggested before, but have you cleaned your scanner
glass lately? I was surprised at the differences between a freshly cleaned
glass and a not so clean one. Mine a few weeks ago began to scan quite badly
and I guessed correctly that there was something on the glass.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: Patti Johnson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning
I scanned a book yesterday, took me nearly 12 hours, it was about 300 pages.
I played with the settings, I held the book down, and discovered a couple
things. First, my arms hurt today, grin! Second, if I scan with color scan,
it takes a little longer, but there are no words missing. If I remove color
scan and do it the other way, there are words missing, even with holding the
book down. In spite of all I couldand did try, there were incredible amounts
of asterisks and greater-than signs and all kinds of things on the pages, some
pages worse than others, and I suspect the pages that had pictures were the
worst. But, as I listened, I could understand the majority of the text. I do
not understand this at all, I guess I never will. My Braille Lite is being
repaired, so I have no display; but when I get it back I will go in and re read
this book and take out all those strange symbols that I can. I may or may not
submit this book, I haven't decided. But I just wanted to tell you my
experience in scanning it. I guess I just don't get how a printed book can
have so many errors in it and why the software doesn't dismiss them. I know I
don't have the best scanner in the world, but it does make me wonder if it
would make any difference.
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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