Hi Tony, I believe the Cannon 5020 is a high speed duplex scanner that I was using in my previous job. It is no longer made and has been replaced with the 5070 or 5080. These are very fast scanners with very high price tags. If my memory serves me correctly, they run around $4000 to $5000. These are not bed scanners, thus you will need to have the binding cut off of your text books before you can scan them. Usually your campus copy center, or local Kinko's can do this for you. Some Kinko's have been known to cut the binding off of the book(s) as long as you agree to return to them to have a new comb or spiral binding put on the book by them once you are done scanning the book.
There is another scanner you might want to take a look at. I will need to provide you with the model number tomorrow. We just purchased this scanner for an employee at my current job. I do not know if this scanner will work with OpenBook, but the user will be using it with Abby Fine Reader and JAWS to scan large quantities of hardcopy material. The scanner is a flat bed scanner with a sheet feeder that is capable of performing duplex scanning, at a rate of 25 single-sided pages per minute, or 50 pages per minute when the pages are double-sided because it is scanning both sides at the same time. HTH Annette -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hernandez Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:31 PM To: Blind Computing List Subject: *****SPAM***** [Blind-Computing] a fast scanner Hello everyone. I need a fast scanner that will allow me to scan my text books with Open Book from FS. I'm very busy, and time is of the essence. Can those of you with experience in this share which scanners you have used or would recommend for speed and accuracy? I need something big enough to scan text books the size of an anatomy and physiology text. I looked on the FS site, and the fastest one I found was the cannon DR50-20, but there was no information on the cannon site about it. Thanks for any info. Tony Hernandez Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
