[bksvol-discuss] Re: having trouble scanning a book
- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:25:27 -0800
I don't use Kurzweil, but I had one paperback with very thin pages. I had to
put a piece of white paper behind the page I was scanning so that characters
from the book page behind the one I was scanning did not bleed through the
page. It was rather a pain, but did improve the scan.
Maybe that will help you.
Cat Lover Lori
----- Original Message -----
From: Kerri Kosten
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:00 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: having trouble scanning a book
Hi Donna:
This does not seem to make a difference.
When you scan what do you use grayscale or dynamic? Maybe it's the paper or
something. Or, maybe it's where I have the book on the scanner? I have it
close to the top where the lid is but not exactly touching it. How does
scanners work? Is there a certain area maybe where it picks it up better then
another place?
Thanks a lot,
Kerri
----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Smith
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: having trouble scanning a book
Hi Kerri.
I'm not a K1000 expert, but try going to settings then recognition submenu
and press enter, tab till you hear "the text is expected to be." Normal is
the default. Arrow down once and it will change to degraded. This has worked
beautifully for me without changing other scan settings.
HTH.
Donna
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerri Kosten
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:16 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] having trouble scanning a book
Hi All:
I am wanting to scan a book to both read for pleasure and submit to
bookshare. The book is called Die for me by Karen Rose. It is a really great
thriller about a detective who finds a bunch of buried dead bodies and has to
investigate them and then he and this woman Sophie fall in love. It looks
really good.
My problem is that it is a tiny, mass market paperback book with really
thin pages almost like a phonebook. I bought it new so the print should be
okay however I can not get it to scan right. I am using Kurzweil 11.02. I
have the brightness to 73. have tried using Dymanmic which I use and works
great for bigger paperbacks. But, it either gives a poor confidence level or
it has a bunch of errors on the pages. Like not junk characters but where it
messes up words and such. I have tried placing the book in all kinds of
positions on the scanner but it still won't scan right. I am holding it flat
as it will go.
The only setting that seems to work is Grayscale but I hate to use it
because it takes so long to recognize.
I also have another book which is already in the collection but I am
comparing the scans of these two books. It is called the Summerhouse by Jude
Deveraux and it is another big Mass market paperback. The only difference is
that it has thicker pages. So, thinking the print was different on the 2
books, I asked a sighted person but they said the print sizes were the same.
The only difference between this book and the other one is this book does
flatten out a little better on the scanner. However it does fine with Dynamic
scanning.
So, I was wondering if there was anything I could differently to get Die
for me to scan right with Dynamic since The Summerhouse seems to be fine. What
is the difference between Grayscale and Dynamic? Is grayscale made more for
like thinner paper or something or is there a reason it might be doing better
with Die for me then Dynamic is? I know there have been all kinds of books
submitted to Bookshare probably mostly paperbacks or the mass market smaller
kind so I just wondered what I might be doing wrong.
I will use Grayscale if I have to but do not really want to.
Thanks so much for your help and sorry this is so long.
Kerri
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