Hi Eric, Granted this may be off topic, but Have you Never seen a reading-edge? The scanner is designed so that the book in its entirety can fit on the glass, with a tip-back aspect that does not require breaking the books spin. I may be showing my deep love and respect for books, but I have never broken one, and the reading those words here gave me the shivers! they can still be had, but one must know where to seek them, which I do. Karen On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Erik Heil wrote: > Ok guys. Sorry for the off-topic message, but I thought that this might > be interesting to the rest of the list. Keep in mind that all of the > software mentioned in this article runs on Winblows, but I'm confident > that their may be a driver for such a scanner for Linux. I haven't > checked out the Web site of the vendor, but perhaps some of you can report > back on this fact? If so, I'd be interested in this product, because like > many of you, scanning published material, notably books is not ideal, > having to break the spine and everything. Well, enjoy anyways. > > -- > Erik Heil <eheil at va3duk.serveftp.com> > Phone: (865) 673-0542 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:05:08 -0500 > From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> > Reply-To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> > To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org, blindtlk at nfbnet.org, nfb-announce at nfbnet.org, > dtb-talk at nfbnet.org, gui-talk at nfbnet.org, nfbcs at nfbnet.org, > promotion-technology at nfbnet.org > Subject: [gui-talk] new scanner and OCR alert > > >> New Scanner Eliminates Spine Shadow >> >>> By Mike Berman >> >>> Frustration is trying to scan pages from a book on a flatbed scanner. >>> The solution: the new OpticBook 3600 ($249) from Plustek. >> >>> It's happened to all of us _- we try to scan or copy pages from a book >>> or other publication only to discover that some of the type is distorted >>> or the type >>> near the spine is lost in what has become known as "spine shadow." >> >>> So, we end up either breaking the spine of the book to get it to lie >>> flat or cut the pages out of the book, neither of which is a desirable >>> solution. >> >>> Enter, stage left, the OpticBook 3600. >> >>> Plustek has developed what they call SEE (Shadow Elimination Element) >>> Technology, which allows book pages to lie flat on the bed of the >>> scanner and uses >>> a lamp with curved ends to scan type close to the book's spine. The >>> result is a readable, undistorted copy in eight-to-10 seconds. >> >>> Of course the scanner has all of the features we've come to expect from >>> a flatbed including the ability to email, copy, and scan images at the >>> touch of >>> a button. But the additional "book action buttons" allow us to preview, >>> color scan, grayscale scan or text scan those pesky book pages. >> >>> In addition, the scanner comes with Book Pilot software, which: >> >>> _ It automatically rotates images as consecutive pages are scanned. >> >>> _ It gives you an image preview in 3.5 seconds. >> >>> _ It allows you to save images in JPG, BMP or PDF formats. >> >>> _ You can convert images to Microsoft Word or PDF documents. >> >>> _ You can adjust the scan frame size to fit the book size. >> >>> _ You can save all the images of a particular job into one file. >> >>> Plus you can scan to OCR, view images in "real time" to make adjustments >>> in contrast, brightness and gamma, and categorize your images. >> >>> The scanner comes with the standard software bundle (except for Book >>> Pilot): NewSoft Presto Page Manager, ULead Photo Impact XL SE, ULead >>> Photo Explorer >>> SE and ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint. >> >>> Specs on the scanner, for those that are addicted to such things, are >>> pretty much what we've come to expect from the new generation of >>> flatbeds: >> >>> _ A high-speed USB 2.0 interface. >> >>> _ Hardware resolution of 1200 dpi with software interpolated resolution >>> of 2400 dpi. >> >>> _ 48-bit input and 24/48-bit output scanning mode for color, 16-bit >>> input and 8/16-bit output for grayscale. >> >>> _ Single-pass scanning mode. >> >>> _ A cold cathode lamp. >> >>> For more information, check out the company's web site at >>> www.plustek.com. >> > > _______________________________________________ > gui-talk mailing list > gui-talk at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
