[bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 19:23:13 -0400
I'll give that a try. Thanks.
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From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 5:32 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Better Scans?
> You need to 'soften' the spine of the book. Try opening the book every 50
> pages or so and slowly forcing the book to open completely. Repeat the
> process until you have reached the end of the book. BAt the end of this
> process you should be able to open the book fairly flat against the
> platen. Remember you always need to keep the middle down flat against the
> glass.
> To ensure you get the entire page put the book sideways. First try with
> the top of the page flush against the rightside of the glass. Try a
> test scan or two. If nothing gets truncated at the bottom of the page, you
> should be fine. Just try with a few different pages in the book.
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> If you discover that text at the bottom of the page is missing or looks
> like garbage, invert the alignment: put the bottom of the book flush
> with the left margin of the scanner glass and repeat the test scan. You
> may discover that the page header is sometimes corrupted, but this is
> likely to be the only drawback.
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> Guido
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> Guido D. Corona
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> IBM Research,
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> I could use some input on this topic. I have quite a few thick (600 pages
> or more, non-bookclub-sized hardbacks, and my scanner will always chop off
> something when I try to scan two pages at once. I don't see a way to get
> words from the curved inner part of the page. I say that I have these
> books, but they're really my wife's and mine so removing the binding isn't
> an option. What way works best including getting a full-sized scanner. If
> it is the scanner option, could someone recommend manufacturer and model?
> TIA
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