[bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 17:58:09 -0500
Hi, Mary! Actually, I sent a list of scanning tips to Jesse a while back,
but I don't think the page was ever posted. Not sure what happened to that!
<Smile>
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
> Hi Allison,
> I'm also a kurzweil 8 user, and I have a really old scanner, a big clunky
hp 4p for which I have a back up waiting in the wings when this one goes. I
scan as you described, with two pages at once, with the book
> pressed flat onto the scanner. And I never use the lid when scanning. It
would take too long to open and close that every time I wanted to do a set
of pages. Plus, pressing the lid isn't nearly as good, in my opinion, as
> getting in to direct contact with the book. Only use I see for a scanner
lid is to put it down when the scanner is not in use so as to protect the
glass from having something accidentally dropped on it. As for how to
> improve one's scans, I suppose the fix depends on the sorts of errors you
are seeing. And yes, post scan editing is always a good idea, unless you
have the patience to read through the book as you're scanning,
> which I find hard, because you have to keep stopping the scan to fix
errors on the fly when you hear them. Testing your brightness setting before
you begin and adjusting according to the errors you see can really
> help. There is a huge variation in print out there, so one brightness
setting definitely does not fit all. And keeping the book really flat, so
that the print near the binding is picked up also helps a lot. Fine engine
> occasionally puts in junk characters, especially if you scan a book in
landscape mode, that is, with top of book to either left or right of
scanner. Some people say that happens because of the book not being pressed
> flat enough. Some people say adjusting brightness up a few numbers will
help. Those junk characters are the single biggest issue I have with scans
produced by fine reader or fine engine, if using K1000 and, I
> presume Openbook as well. Ranked spelling can help you quickly fix up
errors, and a search and destroy mission for common junk characters, such
as the vertical bar character, or a tab character followed by things
> like ; j i etc, can also be done fairly quickly, and helps the accuracy of
the scan a lot. I think somebody was compiling a list of scanner tips, but
I'm not sure what happened with that. Kellie, was that you?
> Mary
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