You're assuming that she's got someone to build a machine for her. Besides, she stated that she is new to the computer world, and she would prefer a laptop. Greg On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:56:45PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi, Anna. Ok, well HP has a couple twain scanners in production that work > with OCR Shop. > The HP SCSI 6350 and the HP SCSI 6390. > I use a HP 4P, but that moddle is no longer in production nor is the HP 5P > which I would highly recommend if you could ever find one. > However, according to Vividata's site the HP 6390 is probably a good choice > for twain OCR scanning under Linux. You might want to email there tech > support, and ask them what the recommend. They are the experts, and they may > have a better opinion. > I will tell you what I will do. I will write up a hardware spec sheet of > hardware, prices, and what I recommend. This may help you decide where to > go. > There are places on the Internet such as PC Progress that sell motherboards, > Sound cards, and stuff like that for lower than usual prices, and often you > can build a really awesome Linux computer than less than $1000.00 buy going > that route. > I'll also look into the hardware aspects of trying to hook up a 6390, and > get back to you on that. I haven't tried a 6390 before, and am slightly > unclear myself what i need to get it going. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anna Schneider <annas at drizzle.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 1:20 AM > Subject: Re: New and in need of help. > > > > Okay, so I'm very confused. > > > > Does one need a Twain scanner to scan text in Linux or not? > > > > And speaking of scanners, can any who do scan text in Linux recommend a > > certain brand and model to me? Um, a flatbed is the standard kind of sit > > on your desk scanner right? I don't think I want to be carrying my > > scanner around with me. And the size can be pretty standard too. I was > > thinking 11 by 14 inches or there abouts. Please recommend off personal > > experience if you can. > > > > And thank you for all your help by the way. I've been quiet for a few > > days. Trying to research and gather my thoughts and questions with the > > rest of life going along in the meantime. > > > > Anna > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
