That's my concern in this message. An excerpt from an article in today's Los Angeles Times tells the story: Los Angeles Times: Made-Over Hamilton Enters...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 4, 2006 5:55 am
9389
I've never yet used my scanner and Open Book to scan an entire book into my computer, as I know many people do, and I'd like to try it. For people experience...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 6, 2006 4:35 am
9390
Hi. I prefer paper backs, but most hardbacks are scannable. ... From: openbook-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:openbook-users@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Tiffany, could you say why you prefer paperbacks? I'm especially interested in practical distinctions. So please explain if they're easier to use or produce...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 6, 2006 5:53 am
9392
They do product somewhat better scans usually, if the font is standard. The reason is that, due to their size, you can scan them right side up. With most...
Okay. I'll experiment and see what happens. Thanks. ... From: "Tiffany Black" <tifflblack@...> To: <openbook-users@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday,...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 6, 2006 6:05 am
9394
i have had be experience with a wire spine book where you can turn the pages all the way back so you are doing one page at a time. when i tried to do double...
betty emmons
bcemmons@...
Mar 6, 2006 7:48 am
9395
If the paperback is very thick, it doesn't scan so well. Up to six or seven hundred pages, hardcover books usually scan better. The problem with paperbacks...
rianawalt@...
Mar 6, 2006 5:34 pm
9396
Hi, thank you for all the below suggestions, most of which I think I remember seeing posted some time ago, as you suggest. I was only asking specifically ...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 6, 2006 6:23 pm
9397
Dan, I'm a former Optacon user, and I agree with Riana opinion about hardbacks being easier to scan than paperbacks. You were asking about how hard to press...
Steve, Points taken. I do have some vision, and yes, the scanning lights are bright. But of course what matters is that the plane on which the material to be...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 6, 2006 8:55 pm
9399
Keep in mind that any part of the page that is not in contact with the glass, will probably be out of focus. Don ... From: "Stephan Britt"...
dhansen@...
Mar 7, 2006 2:45 pm
9400
Not to butt in again, but that was the concern I was addressing. I was simply wondering whether people had better luck getting most of the pages of one type...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 4:25 pm
9401
Yes, but I would also suggest that you first use the orientation only setting, to establish that you indeed have the book just sideways and not sideways...
rianawalt@...
Mar 7, 2006 5:59 pm
9402
Okay, that's interesting. what's the "orientation" setting? Are you using a different word for the default setting whereby Open Book determines, and later...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:07 pm
9403
All I can confirm regarding the scanning quality of material which cannot be totally flat on the scanner bed, is that Finereader 7, or perhaps 7.1 used in the...
rianawalt@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:21 pm
9404
Yardbird, I don't wish to argue your point, because I don't know anything about cameras, lens,much less their focusing capabilities. However the first thing...
Larry Higgins
lhiggins@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:30 pm
9405
No, I mean that you go to the scanning settings. The first option under that is the scanning mode, which has nine subsettings. The top one is scan and read,...
rianawalt@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:37 pm
9406
well, I actually was more referring to the lenses and their focusing than anything to do with software. I used to be a serious amateur photographer, so I was...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:40 pm
9407
ah, okay. Yes, I'll try that. I see. It's sort of like just dedicated to inform you about orientation, and that's it. I've never tried that option. thanks....
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:43 pm
9408
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear about this. I was never talking about accidentally not having the thing you're trying to scan actually off the glass. That never...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 6:50 pm
9409
I'd say hardcovers are the easiest, but either way, you need to open the book about a quarter of the way in (say, 50 pages into a 200-page book) and make as...
That all makes sense. I'll try all these techniques. Thanks. ... From: "boomerdad" <boomerdad@...> To: <openbook-users@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 8:00 pm
9411
Yardbird, Sorry if I misunderstood. I can understand how your illustration might definitely come into play when scanning a very thick volume. I have so far had...
Larry Higgins
lhiggins@...
Mar 7, 2006 8:43 pm
9412
Yardbird, Sorry if I misunderstood. I can understand how your illustration might definitely come into play when scanning a very thick volume. I have so far had...
Larry Higgins
lhiggins@...
Mar 7, 2006 8:43 pm
9413
Larry, thanks for these excellent observations. All your points are well taken, particularly concerning the effect on a book's binding in this scenario. That...
Yardbird
yardbird@...
Mar 7, 2006 8:51 pm
9414
I've found the same rules apply for big paperbacks that do for big hardcovers ... ya just have to be a bit more careful. <Grin> ===== Feel the power... Wield...
i used to know about focusing of things on thingslike paper copiers, but it is so long since i had to do with that kind of thing, i used to enlarge print books...
betty emmons
bcemmons@...
Mar 8, 2006 11:48 am
9417
Hi, I'm still partially sighted and can see the scanning while it's in process, and most of what I've heard confirms my guess that if the material you're ...
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