Hello, I'm trying to figure out just what to do about getting a new scanner. Whenever, I ask the the [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
James Jones
jcj0424@...
Nov 1, 2006 6:54 pm
10356
Hello, I'm trying to find out what would be a good choice for a scanner these days. My current scanner is a Can0 and it does a good job on OCR. However, the...
James Jones
jcj0424@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:09 pm
10357
I believe that if you go to the Freedom Scientific site and go to the Openbook page you may find a list of supported scanners. I'm using one of those oldies...
Maria Campbell
luckyinva@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:38 pm
10358
Is this happening to anyone else here? I tried to delete one of these messages-- I think the second one-- and it hung my computer. It wasn't just that Jaws...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:45 pm
10359
I didn't have any such problem. ... From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@...> To: "Open Book" <openbook-users@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01,...
Maria Campbell
luckyinva@...
Nov 1, 2006 8:24 pm
10360
It seems that most scanners are smaller these days; I like the Epson Perfection 3490, but it won't scan a large thick book scanning 2 pages at a time. Paul ......
Although trying to delete the second of those two messages about scanners trashed my system twice, after a second reboot, I was able to delete both without...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Nov 1, 2006 9:17 pm
10362
They didn't bother me, but JAWS is odd like that. Paul ... From: Yardbird To: Open Book Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:14 PM Subject: [OpenBook] The...
What you are looking for is called a legal size scanner; that is, it will scan an area 8.5 by 14 inches. That is what you have to look for. Whether it is an...
Monte Single
mrsingle@...
Nov 1, 2006 9:52 pm
10364
I am not having any problems with those messages. Deborah ... From: Yardbird To: Open Book Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 2:41 PM Subject: [OpenBook] James...
Thanks for everyone's help and advice. I guess I'll have to decide to go with one of the older scanners or pull out the big bucks for a legal size scanner, or...
James Jones
jcj0424@...
Nov 2, 2006 2:48 am
10367
Neither did I. ... From: "Maria Campbell" <luckyinva@...> To: <openbook-users@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:19 PM Subject: Re:...
Donna Corson
tcorson2@...
Nov 2, 2006 5:24 am
10368
Hi guys, A million posts ago, I wrote in to say the problem had ended for me, whatever it was that had caused it. Yet people keep chiming in on this. Sorry....
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Nov 2, 2006 5:32 am
10369
In an attempt to correct another problem, I just performed a full uninstallation of OpenBook, but the C:\OPENBK7 folder was not removed, as were none of its...
Yes, the un install application leaves the folder with its contents, plus many entries in the Windows Register. These must be removed manually in order to...
Sid Ordway
docsgo@...
Nov 10, 2006 3:06 am
10371
My understanding is that at least the user folder will be left so you do not lose your library. Robert McCoy St. Thomas University - Sociology D104 James Dunn...
Robert McCoy
rmccoy@...
Nov 10, 2006 8:48 am
10372
Hello all, I apologize for the cross posting. I am creating an informational web site about vision loss. It is still in its infancy, but I was wondering if you...
Hi- Just as a general bank of info, you might want to take a look at DisabilityInfo.gov, and either include it as a resource or mine some of the info that...
Thanks to James and all the others who responded to my original message in this thread. I've managed to completely uninstall OpenBook and remove every trace of...
... From: Walt Smith To: openbook-users@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [OpenBook]Scanning sonngbook with openbook Has...
betty emmons
bcemmons@...
Nov 12, 2006 9:29 pm
10379
I have no idea. For some reason the uninstall doesn't remove the all the components of the program. This was the work around that FS provided. James [Non-text...
James Jones
jcj0424@...
Nov 13, 2006 12:59 am
10380
I tried once for my wife, but it didn't work well. Some of the words came out, but no notes were processed. James PS: You're most welcome Walt. Glad I could be...
James Jones
jcj0424@...
Nov 13, 2006 1:10 am
10381
Troy - Because the uninstaller doesn't remove the folder _at all_. It was perhaps the dirtiest uninstall that I've ever seen. It didn't remove the OpenBk7 ...
Education Abroad...? How one can get the free scholarships? Every institute first of all takes the tests from all the applicants and prepares the grant of...
To get the free scholarship (there aren't any *paid* scholarships, actually), must one update Open Book to the latest version? :-) ... From: "david zimlin"...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Nov 16, 2006 3:06 pm
10384
No, but one must know how to send a message whose content isn't exactly easy to parse to a lot of lists. I think this is called spam. ... From: "Yardbird"...