[bksvol-discuss] Re: question on scanning books
- From: "david h carter" <dhcarter1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 20:57:55 -0400
The Plustek OpticBook 3600 is a book edge scanner. It's especially designed to
scan books without breaking the book binding. You can scan one page at a time
with the page not being scanned hanging down the long side of the scanner case.
The 3600 has a standard 8.5 by 11 inch platen so it can be used like a standard
scanner as well.
Many years ago I had a Fujitsu book edge scanner and I loved it. Keeping the
page flat on the scanner bed was a piece of cake. As everyone here can tell
you, keeping a book flat on a flat bed scanner while scanning both pages
simultaneously is a pain. A few years ago, I spent hours looking for a
replacement book edge scanner. They just weren't available for quite a while
until the 3600 came out. If it works as well as my Fujitsu did, it would be a
great choice for someone wanting to scan books. Kurzweil thinks very highly of
this scanner. At present, I cut up books and scan using a document feeder-no
library books for me. But if I start going back to the library, I'm getting a
3600, and hopefully it will be as good as my old Fujitsu book edge scanner.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie McBride
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question on scanning books
Grace, I use Omnipage Pro 14. The problem, I think, is not so much in the
software (I find it recognizes really well) but in the positioning of the book
on the scanner.
Is any1 familiar with the opticbook 3600 book scanner by plustech? I think
it's more of a come-on, but...
----- Original Message -----
From: Silvara
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question on scanning books
Jackie what kind of scanning software are you using?? That will help us
give you some tips.
Grace
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie McBride
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:12 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question on scanning books
Thanks, Kaitlyn. Surely Marissa has a lot on her plate now without
having to mommy coddle some newby. Having said thus, however, I did decide to
take a look at the freelists.org page, (where, incidentally, I found the
archives).
When I owned midi-mag, which was a list for blind musicians, we had a
welcome file that we sent out automatically to all new subscribers. It was
great because it answered probably 90 percent or more of questions that newbies
had without any work at all on the part of the moderator. I realize a lot of
people delete them, but I myself always found them helpful. I also began a
policy of sending it out on a quarterly basis to remind people of our policies
& various other stuff I wanted to keep in the forefront. Periodically I also
posted something to the list I called "admin corner", e.g., when summer came
around I reminded folks they could go on no-mail status when they went on
vacation, without having to go thru the unsubscribe/resubscribe cycle (&
getting that annoying? welcome file) etc.--just stuff now & again which I
thought, for whatever demented reason, would add to folks' enjoyment of the
list. That was not automated, of course, & I'm certainly neither expecting or
even suggesting it. I guess it was just my way of trying to maintain an
ongoing relationship with subscribers--they didn't call me "list mom" for
nothing, I guess lol.
I don't know if the list admin would think a welcome file to be a
worthwhile endeavor or not, but, if so, I'd be happy to help with that in
whatever way they request.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kaitlyn Hill
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question on scanning books
Hello Jackie,
I have a few things I need to get done here but I will send you off the
two documents Marissa sent me when I got start which have a lot of information.
As far as scanners go I am using a Canon DR2080C which I really like.
Except for Kurzweil1000 have trouble with on an initial scan scanning in duplex
mode I have found it exceptional. It has a life span of 500,000 scans. I say
this because it has a ADF (automatic document feeder) with moving parts.
Kaitlyn
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:45 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question on scanning books
Hi, yall:
I am a newby on this list, so please 4give if it shows.
First, Marissa, please accept my deepest condolances on the passing of
your dad. He was my age. I lost my dad this past fall & it's hard enough when
they're older. This was definitively more than a bummer. However, I know
you'll make him proud with your graduate studies. Allow yourself to grieve,
though, or it'll come back to bite you bigtime--this I know from personal
experience, &, as the old addage would have it, "learn from others' mistakes,
you can't live long enough to make them all yourself."
Secondly, folks, I've got a visioneer 9120 scanner & I am having a @#$%
of a time getting books positioned properly on the blippin thing in order to
get a good scan. So, my questions are:
1) anyone got any suggestions? It's a typical 8-1.2 x 11 page;
2) What scanners are folks using?
3) Do you like the results?
I happen to be blind, so please don't suggest I preview the image--it
ain't gonna happen lol.
I'm sure this is probably something that has been discussed b4, so if
there are archives that someone could point me to, I'd be happy to go there. I
didn't get any kind of intro letter when I subscribed, so I'm just kinda flying
by the seat of my britches. Again, sorry if that shows.
Thanks for any help, & many blessings.
Jackie McBride
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