Hi, You mean EyePal.  It's a 5 mpx digital camera on a monopod.  You put books 
or papers under the camera and it grabs pictures.  It's great for large OcR 
projects, or for fearful old people who just want to press a button and hear 
their utility bill.

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Erik Burggraaf
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On 2011-01-30, at 6:08 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:

> What is an Ipal?
> 
> On Jan 29, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I recently read that with the latest patch to the K1000 allows that software 
>> to be run with the EyePal.  One of course would need to run Windows on the 
>> Mac, but that would seem to be a viable option for those of us with an 
>> EyePal.
>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> 
>>> just wondering, are there book-edge scanners that are compatible?
>>> The idea of cutting up a book made me flinch lol.
>>> Karen
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Anne Robertson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> My Canon Lide 700F portable USB scanner does a beautiful job with VueScan 
>>>> and ABBYY FineReader. When scanning books, I flatten out the book as best 
>>>> I can, then press down on the lid of the scanner to stop the book jumping 
>>>> up and ruining the scan. It works great and the scanner hasn't complained 
>>>> yet.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course, if you can bear to cut the book apart first, you don't need to 
>>>> apply pressure to the lid of the scanner.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know if you need my set up instructions for VueScan.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Anne
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 29 Jan 2011, at 21:30, Kaare Dehard wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> right, I need something quick,not exactly clean but reliable when 
>>>>> running. Now thinking vuescan/abby combo and some decent scanner, any 
>>>>> recommendations for nice workable rugged scanners that don't have a 
>>>>> printer or fax or a million other things that they're part of?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
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