Sorry Rick. When I plugged “opticbook 3800” into my amazon.com/access search,
it was the first hit.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: oh no!! my scanner has up and gone clackety then
quiet
I realized that I well might be paying too much when I clicked finalize
purchase.
But at the time of my purchase, I spent about 3 hours and my heart was sinking
to find the Opticbook for any less.
I appreciate that you spoke up about the prices you know of, and so on.
And I could have waited. But I did not. And I will have to spend less on
something else, having spent what I did.
Reading your posts I considered, about someone’s suggestion, returning it and
buying the cheaper model.
I decided, naw. Won’t do it.
My scans better be darned good, is what I am a thinking.
But today, it is giving me some pleasure to report the Plustek Opticbook 3900
is operating very well.
The machine is quieter than my previous one was. And I pray it works for a
long, long, long time!
I do not think it any faster than the 3800. Evan, I know you said you were
curious.
I mostly scan at 400 dpi these days. Which is slower. I am not sure the exact
number of seconds per scan.
But I was just timing my per page time as I am scanning my current book
project.
I generally scan, move the page number, and listen to the page, and edit any
errors I can hear, and check the image of it if there is a question I can solve
at the time.
I also set a bookmark for a new heading when it is appropriate. I generally
read more thoroughly for my reading pleasure using the book navigation marks.
Doing this, with a normal page and not too many issues, it takes me about 2 to
3 minutes per page.
But of course each book has a variable amount of text, so I don’t know if that
is very useful.
Thanks.
Rik