Hi, Pam! Try changing the threshold setting to Grayscale for this page. I
often do that with book jackets. In fact, I have a settings file
specifically for the back covers of books. Sometimes I find that it helps
to adjust the brightness a little bit, too. You have to play with the
settings in K1000 at first, but once you get the best combination of
settings for you, it's worth it. I am also finding the Optimize Scanning
feature to be somewhat lacking sometimes. At other times, it really does
seem to improve the accuracy. Anyway, don't give up on K1000 just yet!
<Smile>
Jana
Well I must say though I love Kurzweil's editing features, I'm sticking to finereader for scanning. I just don't understand this. But following is an example of the cover of Sea Star, (I plan to replace the fair copy in the collection), and this was scanned with Kurzweil, finereader 7, optimized. Before it was optimized, it said the page was blank. Once optimized, this is what I got:
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Misty is leaving them!
h ^Mwr^^wk^oved horse that Paul and Maureen have loved since srSfe was'a tiny filly They IcnowtMisty is leaving |to be the star of a moviei But it's almost too hardlj^fee* jher go. What will they do without Misty? '-'.'^jmk
^ Then one day the children find a' lone colt with a crooked star on his forehead. Beside him lies his mother
How Paul and Maureen fight to save the life of little ^Sea Star makes a story you'll never forget.? "4"^^^^^^
SCHOLASTIC BOOK SfRVICES
NEW YORK LONDON RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO
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Okay now, here is the cover again using my Finereader 6 with only the settings that I always use, no adjusting or anything:
Misty is leaving them!
Misty-the beloved horse that Paul and Maureen have loved since she was a tiny filly They know Misty is leaving to be the star of a movie. But it's almost too hard to see her go. What will they do without Misty?
Then one day the children find a' lone colt with a crooked star on his forehead. Beside him lies his mother -dead.
How Paul and Maureen fight to save the life of little Sea Star makes a story you'll never forget.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK SERVICES
NiW YORK . LONDON . RICHMOND HIU, ONTARIO
I just don't get it. How is it that the scan in Finereader 6 comes out better than using Finereader 7 within Kurzweil? Just doesn't make sense to me.
Pam
