Grayscale should be brightness independent, which is one reason so many people use it.
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:01 AMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning quickly no matter what -- was: Coulter
What brightness setting do you use to go along with the gray scale and 400 dpi? ----- Original Message ----- From: Guido Corona
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 10:51 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning quickly no matter what -- was: CoulterOne very effective way in Kurzweil to scan very quickly while still maintaining all the recognition features that may yield highest quality text is to use a 2 step approach:
1. In settings / scanning, select 'image scanning only' as mode; I also use grayscale and 400DPI because they tend to generate highest quality scans in most cases.
2. Once you have scanned the whole book, change the 'mode' setting to 'recognize image files". Now go take a long walk or go to sleep. the reco job may take 20 minutes. . . or run overnight, depending on the speed of your machine.
The beauty of this process is that you will be able to scan the book at full speed, without being bogged down by the slowdown introduced by the recognition process, no matter how taxing the reco settings are.
Guido Guido Dante Corona IBM Research, Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) Austin Tx. Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise."
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I have them kept, as it slows down the scanning dramatically. I had to
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them off way back when i started to install, and so i keep them and remove the junk myself. Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. - Helen Keller----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: CoulterI'll try the cleaning. Btw, and last question, how do you handle suspicious
regions? Thanks.----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:43 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Coulter > Two page mode, as the book fit on the scanner better that way. > > You might want to clean the scanner glass and see if it makes a > difference. > > Smile. > > Or else try 400 dpi as I have done that on occassion, though it slows > things > down dramatically. > > The font is a little different. > > Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI > and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > Graduate Alumni Association Board > www.guidedogs.com > > More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my > limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. > - Helen Keller >> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:40 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Coulter > > > I don't know. I never read your copy. The library finally came up with > the > copy I had ordered for myself, 4 months back. I scanned it on a whim. > Your > copy is, I assume, as good as it ever was. Did you use 2-page mode or > single? > Thanks. >> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:55 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Coulter > > >> Hi Gary, >>>> Interesting, as I emphasized smile, the fact that it needed eting when I
>> put >> it up. >> >> By the by, >> >> the seetings were >> >> Grayscale, 300 dpi, and Fine Reader 8 as part of Bookshare. >> >> So.... I have to wonder, what happened to the book from my desk to >> Bookshare, as most of what I glanced at read great. >> >> Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI >> and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide >> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. >> Graduate Alumni Association Board >> www.guidedogs.com >> >> More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my >> limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. >> - Helen Keller >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:42 AM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Coulter >> >> >> Would whoever scanned If Democrats tell me what software and settings >> they>> used? I just took a look at this book for curiosity's sake and found it
>> a >> horrible scan never exceeding 99.6 and much often lower. After I went >> through the book with rank spelling, I still had 455 errors. >> Much appreciated, Thanks. >> >> 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
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