I got my Open Book 9 and PEARL camera last week. Both the software and camera are working well on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit system. It's a pleasure to...
the biggest deficiency is the can., grin. if it were flat and not useing shiny paper or like some that are painted onto the can you would be able to scan...
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Alan Robbins
arobbin2@...
Apr 3, 2011 11:02 pm
Gary, Glad you got it and like it. I find the convenience of the unit outweigh some of its drawback, but that is just my personal opinion. I believe you will...
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Russ Hubley
hubboruss@...
Apr 4, 2011 2:42 am
Gary, I would be interested to see the results you have when scanning books. I have had mixed results when I scann some books I use with my elementary school...
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Don Hansen
donald801@...
Apr 4, 2011 5:31 am
Hello: I have noticed that when I read envelopes I sometimes hear gibberish, when I turn the envelope around, it reads correctly. What's with that? I thought...
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Eamonn X. O'Connor
EXOConnor@...
Apr 4, 2011 4:09 pm
Hi folks, I’m hopeing Someone, perhaps partially sighted, can answer this question. I wish to digitise some printed photographs, measuring 7 inches...
Hi I'm still using openbook 8 and don't really want to upgrade. I have an xp computer and for a while openbook with my epsom scanner was working fine, I...
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Winy Kwany
winy_kwany@...
Apr 8, 2011 10:27 am
Hi all, I am writing for my friend's behalf. She is using Openbook8 with Windows XP Professional and JAWS10. After installing it, she couldn't load and use it,...
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Donna
donnam1014@...
Apr 8, 2011 2:42 pm
you may try deleting it from the program files and control pannel to get a short cut again i think you do alt and enter and there you can make a short...
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Don Hansen
donald801@...
Apr 8, 2011 3:11 pm
Hi: I like my Canon Lide 90, but I don't know if that model is still available. I would suggest that you go to freedomscientific.com and look for their ...
Run a restore point from before Openbook was installed. Then try reinstalling it. If you look at restore points, you should see one that says something like...
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Winy Kwany
winy_kwany@...
Apr 8, 2011 7:58 pm
Hi, Would you tell me how to run a Restore Point? What should I do? Thanks. Winy. ... From: Gene <gsasner@...> Subject: Re: [OpenBook] Launching...
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David Andrews
dandrews@...
Apr 8, 2011 9:05 pm
Hi: I work for MN State Services for the Blind. Among other things my Unit recommends assistive technology for our customers. For use with K1000 and Open...
Hi Dave, I've always found the Epsom scanner realisable and fast enough, not badly priced either. Very robust so handle most all one throws at it, not to...
What you do varies depending on the screen-reader you are using. Rather than write a long explanation of how to find and run restore points, I refer you to a...
Here is important new information. I just checked the page I provided a link to. There appears to be a change in the site and I was unable to download the...
I sent the file to a different file sharing site. Follow this link http://www.filesend.net/download.php? f=99080bdcebea49175bf3f082591283c6 and, once the page...
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Alan Dicey
adicey@...
Apr 9, 2011 12:54 am
Dear Gene, Thanks so much for this! I listen to enough of it to tell it is a great tutorial! Well Done Gene! When I get the time I will go over it and over it...
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Monte Single
mrsingle@...
Apr 9, 2011 2:27 am
Scanner models change as often as cars and clothes. Considering you can get a scanner for $100.00 or less, I would not invest money in repairing an older...
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David Andrews
dandrews@...
Apr 9, 2011 2:37 am
Yes, but the Epson's are big relatively speaking. The cannons are quite slim, can slip right into a laptop case. Dave ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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Winy Kwany
winy_kwany@...
Apr 9, 2011 4:53 am
Hi, I tried both links but they don't work. The first link said that the file is not available for free users in China and South East Asia (I live in Malaysia...
The file is there. When a link doesn't work, look for problems such as the link being more than one line in length. Copy the entire link to the clipboard,...
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Winy Kwany
winy_kwany@...
Apr 9, 2011 6:00 am
Hi, Thanks. I am successful to get the link works. It brings me to the page. When I press "downloat button" IDM said that the page sends a webpage instead of...
Thanks for the scanner comments. I did look at the fs site to see what they recommended and so yesterday went looking for scanners, between other duties. All I...
I've done some checking and the file may be small enough to send as an attachment. I don't know what the typical size limit is on attachments but if you can't...
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Alan Dicey
adicey@...
Apr 9, 2011 6:04 pm
Hello Gene and friends, I downloaded the file without any problems at all. And Gene, it is very well done! It is going to be a great training tool for me to...
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Andrew J. LaPointe
alapointe89@...
Apr 9, 2011 7:40 pm
Hi Gene, can you also send it to me? It won't download for me also. I had your tutorial back a few years ago but cannot find it on my hard drive anywhere....
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Gary King
w4wkz@...
Apr 9, 2011 9:16 pm
Well, when I mentioned in the first message in this topic that FS would have trouble selling the PEARL camera after introductory pricing came to an end on...
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Russ Hubley
hubboruss@...
Apr 9, 2011 9:38 pm
Hi Gary, Yes, I, too have had interesting issues with using the Pearl while scanning books. While scanning a regular flat page, the Pearl works as fast as the...
Below this part of the message are some comments to Alan. But here is a new download link to the System Restore presentation which everyone should be able to...
