Tony, Have you tried Recording for The Blind to see if your text books are available? I do believe that the recordings are done digitally which means that you will need a daisy book reader for it. This is far better than the cassette tapes that they used to do. I am almost sure that this information is correct.
To find out, go to: http://www.rfbd.org I know that they record many books for students. Hope this helps. Lennie At 09:32 PM 9/13/2007, you wrote: >Hi Annette. > >It's very kind of you to respond to my queries, so thank you. Do you know >of a scanner that's flat-bed, not necessarily duplex? I've tried to go >through the FS site's list of supported scanners, but it's too hard to tell >which scanners are out of date and not made anymore and which ones are too >expensive. I didn't find the price of the DR-5020 anywhere on the cannon >web site or on other sites. I definitely prefer to try to find out the >experiences of users with the latest scanners, not because I just have to >have a brand new scanner, but because the more recent scanners are easier to >find. > >Unfortunately, Disability services in my state take far too long to buy >equipment for the blind, and I'm already in school. I'm enrolled in a >distance learning medical transcription program through Penn Foster >University. By the time the state would get through the required red tape, >I would be done with my courses. I live in a rural area where the nearest >kinko's is about fifty miles away, so scanning the books myself is >definitely the best way to go about this. I really appreciate that you >responded because It brought abby fine reader to my attention. Thanks >again. > >Tony Hernandez >For JAWS scripts for Paltalk 9.1 go to: >www.tonyspeaks.com >and search down the page for the heading "Paltalk and JAWS for Windows". > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Annette Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:33 PM >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] a fast scanner > > >Hi Tony, > >The employee who requested Abby Fine Reader and this scanner says that Abby >Fine does a better job then OpenBook, but I have not used it personally, and >since the printer just arrived today, I'm yet to see it work. > >I can tell you now that high speed scanning adds additional factors that can >cause a poor scan. Once you have the binding cut off of your books, you >have to be sure you remove all of the remaining glue from the pages of the >book. If this is left on, it will gunk up your scanner resulting in >jamming, or smudges on the lens which will effect the quality of the final >product. Pages can sometimes stick together due to high humidity levels, or >excessive static when the humidity is low. Sometimes the pages stick >together just because they want to. > >I forgot to tell you that the scanner that I'm going to give you the info on >tomorrow, costs around $1200 to $1500. > >Have you talked to the Office of Disability Services to have them cover the >cost of you having your books scanned? > >Didn't I already provide you with a link to a company who scans textbooks >for a fee? > >Where are you going to school? Many colleges and universities are now >joining together to scan books for their students. > >Annette > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hernandez >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:05 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] a fast scanner > >Hi Annette. > >Thank you for this information. I look forward to hearing about this >scanner. I had an epson and can't remember the model number. I used it >with Windows 2000 years ago, and it worked ok, but it slowed down >unacceptably when I switched to XP. It is surprisingly difficult to find a >fast scanner that doesn't also cost way too much. > >I found a blog on the web about ABBYY and wondered if it would serve me just >as well as open book. Do you know if it's any faster or slower, or whether >the OCR is comparable to the ones included in open book? > >Tony Hernandez >For JAWS scripts for Paltalk 9.1 go to: >www.tonyspeaks.com >and search down the page for the heading "Paltalk and JAWS for Windows". > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Annette Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:51 PM >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] a fast scanner > > >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] > > >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] > > >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]
