[bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
- From: "Duane Iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 22:49:11 -0500
If you got Kurzweil 8, you have about as good as you can have.
I used a demo of Kurzweil 8 for my Best loved poems I submitted and was
quite pleased.
I by the way, am using an HP2P scanner that came over on the Andrea Doria.
It still wiorks and I got a spare!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 6:01 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
> Hi, Allison. I've never heard of scanning without the lid, for starters.
If
> the book doesn't cover the entire surface of the scanner, extra light
> getting through might be a problem, but I don't know that for a fact
since I
> don't scan that way and never thought you could. Other than that, I'm
> interested in anything else anyone else might add, too. *smile* Take
care.
> Julie Morales
> Email and Windows/MSN Messenger:
> inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of
his
> tongue. --Anonymous
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allison Hilliker" <amhillik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 3:57 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Better Scans?
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Quiet list again. Good time for me to throw something up here to get
> everyone's thoughts on I guess. <smile>.
>
> I would love to exchange scanning tips with you all. Especially the big
> scanner-types out there, the ones who seem to have like a billion books
> submitted. <grin>. Not the basics, I think we've all pretty much got
those
> down,
> but I wanna go a lil deeper. I'm looking for further tricks of the
trade so
> to speak.
>
> For me, I know I don't scan often, but have submitted maybe a half dozen
> books to Bookshare. When I do, my scans are reasonable, well with one
> exception that I think Amber validated! Props to you Amber btw, that
one
> was
> pretty rough! But other than that one, my scans are average I would
guess.
>
> Even so, I notice that there are so many higher-quality scans up there
on
> the site. How do you guys get one of those "Excellent, almost no
errors"
> type scans? I don't think I've had any of those yet. Mine are usually
good
> or fair. So I find myself asking, what's your secret? What are you
guys
> doing that I'm not? Is it better scanning techniques, better programs,
> different scanners, better post-scan editing, something else entirely?
> Would be really curious to find out.
>
> It's not just for me though, I'm sure that many of us on here could
benefit
> from the sharing of scanning tips. That's what a list is for after all,
> right? Sharing ideas? Besides, better scans effect all of us. So
guys,
> what works for you, what does not?
>
> I'm a Kursweil 8 user myself, and my scanner is small and average. Ok,
so
> it's kinda slow, but it gets the job done. I scan without the lid and
hold
> the book open flat. That is my quick run-down of techniques, I'm
certainly
> not an expert, lol! Would love to hear from everyone else though I'm
sure
> there is more out there..
>
> Yeah so it's a stormy Sunday evening here and I am curled up with my
> computer. So it appears that I have nothing better to do than post
random
> stuff. Yah so it's probably true, but it's better than writing papers!
Ha!
> Yay end of the semester! I am loving all this time to myself! Too bad
it's
> off to work in a week.
>
> Look forward to hearing from you guys.
>
> All the best,
>
> Allison
>
>
>
>
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