Re: Scanning Tips
- From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 07:43:52 -0700
Hi Paul,
Many thanks.
Linda Gehres
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Rozario" <pekak62@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: Scanning Tips
> Hi Linda
>
> Cate uses OmniPage Pro (can't remember which version) to scan documents
> which are then saved in the Word format. Screen Reader is Windows Bridge
> 2000 (probably still the best screen reader out there and still well ahead
> of Jaws).
>
> OmniPage can cope with columns well and so can Windows Bridge.
>
> Hope this is of some assitance.
>
> Paul Rozario
> Melbourne
> Australia
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Scanning Tips
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 06:01:31 -0700
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for better scanning columns on pages? I've
> got
> Kurzweil Version 10.1, and even this does a bad job with columns as far as
> I'm concerned. Thanks for any help anyone can give.
>
> Linda Gehres
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Scanning Tips
>
>
> >
> > I've sometimes prepped a book for scanning by completely covering
> pictures
> > with Post-Its. The Optacon is a great help with this.
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:50 AM
> > Subject: Scanning Tips
> >
> >
> >> Because I am a Braille transcriber by profession, I use the
> >> scanner and the Optacon together very often. I thought I would share
> with
> >> you some ways in which you can use your Optacon to help make scanning
> >> or
> >> photocopying easier. If you don't use a scanner, you might want to
> >> share
> >> some of these tips with friends. I have arranged them so that each one
> >> shows the problem, the reason, and the solution which we Optacon users
> >> can
> >> do without sighted help usually. I'll limit this message to three
> >> common
> >> situations. Let me know if you want any more posts like this.
> >>
> >> PROBLEM: THE SCANNER ISN'T PICKING UP ANY PAGE NUMBERS:
> >> REASON: In some print documents, page numbers appear in the
> >> opposite color from the rest of the text. They are also often
> >> surrounded
> >> by a square or circle. The scanner will often not pick these up. The
> >> location of page numbers has also changed. In many documents, the page
> >> number is not in a corner. It is often in the middle of the top or
> bottom
> >> line and sometimes it is located in the middle of the page in the left
> or
> >> right margin.
> >> SOLUTION: It's best to determine in advance if the page numbers
> >> are going to be a problem. Open the book or document to somewhere in
> >> the
> >> middle and search for a page number. If you can't find one after using
> >> the
> >> Optacon on several pages, try again using diffferent adjustments on the
> >> Optacon including the invert switch, the zoom lens, and the threshold
> >> knob.
> >> For users without an Optacon, it's best to ask someone sighted not
> >> only
> >> where the page numbers are located but what color they are.
> >>
> >> PROBLEM: Every page in this book has a stupid border around it.
> >> REASON: The book or document has been deliberately scan-proofed by
> >> the publisher. Slabs of color in strategic places are not just a
> >> decoration. They serve the purpose of obstructing a scan or photocopy
> >> by
> >> causing these devices to miss top and bottom lines of print, headings
> and
> >> other truly necessary elements. This is to prevent companies and
> >> schools
> >> from making multiple copies of material instead of purchasing it.
> >> SOLUTION: If you must scan a document with a thick border on every
> >> page, be sure to carefully check that the top and bottom lines of each
> >> page got included in the scan. If you are enterprising and find that
> >> the
> >> thing is not scanning well, take some strips of white paper and lay
> >> them
> >> on the scanner glass to correspond approximately with the border. Then
> >> lay
> >> the page to be scanned on top of these. It may take a little
> >> experimenting
> >> but soon you will be scanning your pages with all the print, and no
> >> gibberish from the decorative borders.
> >>
> >> PROBLEM: THIS BOOK IS FULL OF PICTURES.
> >> REASON: Visual appeal.
> >> SOLUTION: The Optacon user definitely has the advantage here.
> >> Pages with pictures can make a scan infinitely slower and often full of
> >> unnecessary gibberish and errors. For these reasons, using your Optacon
> >> to
> >> examine eah page is well worth the time. If every page containing a
> >> picture places it in the same location, e.g. the top half of the page,
> >> most scanning programs will catch on to this after scanning several
> >> pages.
> >> You might, at the end of the scan, go back and re-scan the first couple
> >> of
> >> pages to get a better result. To speed up the scan, or if the pictures
> >> are
> >> on a different place on each page, you can use a piece of plain white
> >> paper cut to the needed size. Place this paper on the scanner glass.
> Then
> >> place the page to be scanned on top. Check your scan to be sure that
> >> you
> >> got the first couple of lines. If it's easier, you can use tape and
> >> position the paper over the picture write in the book.
> >>
> >> THESE PROBLEMS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE, MAKE ME GLAD THAT I HAVE AN
> >> OPTACON
> >> TO HELP ME SCAN.
> >> Catherine
> >>
> >>
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> -Catherine Thomas
> >> braille@xxxxxxxxx /
> >>
> >>
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