Okay then be my guest and go out and buy yourself a cheap, off-the-shelf scanner that nobody has ever heard of. I can betya! that it is not likely to operate in Twain mode very well if at all. I am a beta tester for the K1000 product and we discuss these things with developers who test various scanners as a part of their job. They know what they are talking about. Amanda Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina" <gena@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: Re: New and in need of help. Hi I stand by what I said! "almost" I had to challange the misleading post about scanner support under GNU/Linux. Gena >Nope, not all scanners are Twain compatible in fact for awhile, HP had >broken Twain and they don't support it as well in some of their series. >Other brainds are even worse. > >Amanda Lee > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Georgina" <gena at gena-j.net> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 10:36 AM >Subject: Re: New and in need of help. > > >Hi > >Do TWAIN make scanners? I thought that TWAIN was an interface. almost >every scanner is TWAIN compliant and when installed under Windows uses a >TWAIN interface but the same scanner will work under GNU/Linux with the >"Scanner Access Now Easy". You can see the list of supported scanners on >the SANE www site. > >Sorry, can't remember what TWAIN stands for but it is another acronym. > >Gena > > > >>If you are going to any significant scanning, you should have >>Windblows available -- from what I can tell, Linux ocr is not there >>yet and I understand they definitely don't support twain scanners. >> >>on Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:48:51 -0500 "Thomas Ward" <tward at bright.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Anna. If you email me off list I'll help you get a Linux box going. >>> My email address is >>> tward at bright.net >>> >>> Some initial questions here. >>> >>> Do you have a hardware synth? >>> Do you plan to buy one if not? >>> If you plan to scan books do you have a scsi scanner? >>> >> >>-- >> John Covici >> covici at ccs.covici.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
