Thanks, Monica. Merv saw the 70. His only concern had been that with it working directly off the USB, it might be slower or make my computer slower, but from what you are saying, that doesn't happen, so I may just go with that. It looked like a really good scanner. I have OpenBook 7.02, which I think is the latest version. Have a blessed day, Nicki We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 -----Original Message----- From: Monica Willyard [mailto:rhyami@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:42 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question >Hi, Nicki. I'm very happy with the Canon LIde series of >scanners. I own the 30, and I have friends who own the 60 and >70. This scanner is light and slim enough to go into a laptop case, >and yet it's the right size to scan a normal sheet of paper or >standard book. It runs on your USB port without the need for a >power cord going to an outlet. It's fast and produces clear >scans. The price is usually around $80, and mine is four years old >now with very heavy use. It's still ticking. (grin) I've heard a >lot of good things about the OpticBook 3600 which is a book edge >scanner. I haven't actually used one though and don't know if your >version of Openbook would support it. The Canon scanners work with >all versions of Openbook very nicely. Monica Willyard, rhyami@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.