Stuart, A golden opportunity for you but even if you have a portable scanner you would then need to have "something" to scan into, so a computer is necessary unless there are scanners on the market that allow you to scan into built in memory card or hard drive. I don't know of any.
What you might do is go to a Walgreens or some similar store and make copies of the photo's that you are wanting to keep and once you get home then scan those into your system. There may be a way to scan them into an online service but you would still need a computer to connect to the internet and with each stop along the way your family may not have an internet connected computer. Making hard copies to bring back with you may be the best bet. John On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: > > Hi all, > > I will be doing some traveling this Spring to Florida and California > to visit relatives. Some of them are up there in age and I will > most likely be looking through old photo albums. This is a great > opportunity for me, since I've been heavy into family-tree research > lately. > > Here is my question. What are my options for scanning individual > photos while on the road. I don't have a laptop (except for a > pretty unreliable "pre-historic" first generation iBook - you > know... the one with the handle. I didn't know if there was a small > portable scanner that I could use on the road and then transfer > everything to my computer when I got home. Ideally, something not > too expensive. > > Thoughts really appreciated! > > Stuart > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
