Just a not here. I have a friend who graduated from school who graduated last year and took a job with L and H. He is working with a team that is working on porting Kurtzweil scanning and reading products to Linux. So, don't bash them just yet. I haven't talked to him since he took the job, so I don't know the status of the project, but perhaps something good will come of it eventually. 73, Chris Peterson, KG0BP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina" <gena@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: New and in need of help. > Hi > > No thanks, I got a lovely set up here of the Epson 1240 and K1000 6.02 > with Dectalk. I again will try to bring you round to the discussion that > started this discussion. John wrote that TWAIN scanners will not deffinately > work on the GNU/Linux platform. The fact that your a beta tester for the > most exploitative front end for the rtk and fine reader ocr engines has > nothing to do with it. It is because of such software that demonstrates > the need for the time and investment into the GNU/Linux community. > > Gena > > > > >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 at gena-j.net> > >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 > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > >
