[bksvol-discuss] Re: What type of scanner do I need

  • From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:59:20 -0500

Hi everyone!
I installed Abby FineReader, because it came with my Opticbook 3800, because I was curious about it to see how it was compared to an older version of OmniPage that I had years ago. Although I am totally blind, I think Abby FineReader is very intuitive, while I couldn't make heads or tails out of the old OmniPage. I use OpenBook 9 as my serious scanning software, and like it for the most part, but one thing I find very annoying about it is that, when I do a find and replace to correct scannos as I read what I have scanned, when there is more than one correction, I am taken to the last correction made, which could be before or after the page that I had been reading, making me have to go to the page I was reading and find my place. OpenBook 7 never did that. They should have kept that the old way so that a fine and replace keeps me in the same place I, where I want to be as OB 7 did or MS Word does after making a similar correction, for example. 

Debby

At 02:21 PM 7/7/2012, Valerie Maples wrote
Can't go wrong, Jodene! If you tell us more about your situation,w e can recommend the best scanning software. As a sighted scanner, I prefer ABBYY FineReader, and if you are visually impaired, Kurzweil 1000 seems to have the best support on the list. 

Scanning is still like magic to me.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Valerie


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From: Jodene Weakland <jowe1313@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sat, July 7, 2012 1:42:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What type of scanner do I need

Thanks.  I just ordered the 3800.   Now I just need to sign up

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On Jul 7, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Valerie Maples <<mailto:vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just want to second the great job of an OpticBook, although we just got an upgrade from the 3600 to the 3800 and for nearly the same price, if you can swing it, the improvement in speed is amazing. I am working on a Mac in boot camp and was having a known lamp problem and the patch did not work on my hardware, causing a wait at startup that very few people have with the patch. 

Can't go wrong with either the OpticBook 3600 or 3800, though!

Valerie


From: Christina <<mailto:greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sat, July 7, 2012 10:11:26 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What type of scanner do I need

I really like my Opticbook 3600.  It's between $200.00 and $300.00.  You can
put the books right on the edge and scan very easily with it in one-page
mode or do two pages at a time if it's a paperback.
Christina

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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jodene Weakland
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 10:59 AM
To: Bookshare Volumters
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What type of scanner do I need

I want to volunteer time to scan.  I will need to buy a scanner. Which ones
work best?


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