Only reason I can think of for networking a scanner is to give access to several users at different workstations. Still, they would have to put the source document on the scanner in person, so such a function becomes a matter of having the scan results output to a different /home/$USER directory. HP actually makes such a device/application--Windows only, and inaccessible software (regretably). In the question at hand, are you wanting to have the option to use either a Win or a Linux ocr app? If so, it might be possible to use Wine for this. I read the Wine docs and have tweaked a few config files in preparation for some experimentation like that, but have not yet tried because of some X problems. It does seem that wine should work, though. Just maybe there is going to be a gpl answer to VMware. On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Kirk Wood wrote: > Well, in many ways this can be quite easy. Scan the image and save it so a > file in a SAMBA available directory. But if you are wanting to actually > control the scaner I would look at freshmeat.net to see what is found > there. Good luck, I doubt it. > > If you really want a networked scanner I expect you would need to buy > one. But for the life of me, I don't understand how this would be useful > beyond the solution of saving a file on a network available location, > unless you happen to have a sheet fed scanner and were scanning a document > of multiple pages. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at > a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive." > - President George Bush > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
