hi, when i decided too become a nurse i had too find out how too get my information, obviously it meant i had too scan the books, i could see what was around me , but obviously not read any single letter, and well seen from my perspective, if an dyslexic can go through live with out being able too connect letters and live happily so can i. okies, so well a scanner was obviously what i needed, too me i knew it was about getting the right tool for the right job, never mind if it meant getting windows in a vmware image. As Eric i believe it was said, study books and i tell you especially medical books can fast run up in over $ 10000. So i had too find a way i could get some of my money back once i was done with the books.
How i did it. I don't know how long time others have had too prepare for classes etc, but it is not a unknown fact that nurses read massive amounts of books, so for me it had to work the first time. and which solution could give me that? I started googling as a mad girl, 1 month to go, it was a tight fit. I was actually unlike me not far from giving up when i found a store in Copenhagen, called scan data or some such. I told the owner what i needed and 50 minutes after i received a huge package,. one scanner, a cd and the different connectors. , it was a optic plus 2500 or so i believe, but i can find that out more precisely later, the reason i got that scanner is as follows. I knew my time table would be tight so i needed something both complex and simple at the same time, i had been working with computers for over 10 years, so i was relatively confident i could make it work one way or the other. The special thing about this scanner is not that it scans the books, obviously, which it does relatively fast or slow, it is 23 seconds before the scanning head is ready to go round the bush again. And since it was the best solution i could get at that time all in all, it was what i got. For medical books it works, if you do not scan the whole book at one time. if you do your arms will be tired at the end. The scanning process. Okay so now we come too the most complex part of it all, or maybe not, the scanning process, and how too do it. Press contact, flip book over too the other half of its open page, press contact again, turn page, press contact, do it as many times as you need, for a book on about 400 pages , that would mean about 800 times. So now that we got the book done and finish, what do you do? you OCR it. press tab on your computer a few times, and it goes about doing its thing as you go do something else, when it is done, it lays in a notepad document and is ready to be read, as fast as you can manage. Is it the Fastest way too scan a book on about 400 pages, i doubt it , but for OCR and scanning over all i say that it works pretty well if you want it simple, also the alinement of the book is quite easy, so far my only worry have been if it could run under vmware on my mac. And it does that gorgeously with nvda. A few words about why i got exactly this scanner. I am not kidding when i say the following, medical books will in the long run cost me more than my car, but too me it means that if i use a scanner solution with out cutting the book up that i can sell it again, and by that way get some of the money back from the book, meaning obviously that i can use them for getting the rest of the needed money for more books. As i have said before, unless you are a really strong female, scanning 1000 pages in one go will tire you out. I do believe i did it one time, and that was only cause i got Sandi stubborn, and is not too be repeated. The other reason for getting that scanner is that medical books are huge, page vice, it is not your normal book sized novel. The scanner it self was invented too scan old books, at least if i shall trust the homepage. And i have too admit that it does that really well, you see there are 2 things we have too remember when we scan for studying, accuracy and speed. and i choose too call it reusability of the scanned book, so at least for me cutting the books too pieces is not an option, hey i am not rockefella, i am the other fella smiles. so realistically, how many pages can you scan on, say 1 hour, i will say, 200 if you are focused about it. I am a bit of an airhead at times, so it is most likely you can get it up too about 300. So all in all, if you want the book scanned ultra fast this option is most definitely not for you, but i am pretty sure it is the one that gives the best solution in the long run, but then again, if you are just needing it for reading a novel, i don't know how much the accuracy means too you. I personally have the scanning process running under windows xp installed under vmware fusion, and i got to admit i was pretty surprised too discover that the process worked as well under fusion as it would under a native windows environment. Eric, how well is the OCR after you have used the cam, i wonder, if that process is faster i might consider it seriously. best sandi. On 9/26/13, James Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Anne for explaining the process. > I'll let you know if I go into Vuescan+Abby route. > > JL > > On 9/25/2013 5:25 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> Hello James, >> >> I use a flatbed scanner and scan a double page at a time. I use VueScan to >> capture the images and ABBYY FineReader Express to do the OCR. This is >> faster than just using FineReader and the images are better so the OCR is >> more accurate. >> >> This does however mean buying two applications to get the job done. If you >> don't buy a license for VueScan, it leaves a watermark on each scan which >> can really mess up the OCR. The License for VueScan costs $39 for one year >> or $79 for life. >> >> If you choose to use VueScan plus ABBYY FineReader Express, let me know >> and I'll send you my little set up guide for VueScan. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 25 Sep 2013, at 10:44, James Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Anne, >>> >>> Thanks for the suggestion. >>> This is true, scanners with automatic document feeder are much faster >>> than flat bed. I haven't used one of those, so I haven't thought of it. >>> What if you can't take books apart. What would be the best solution? >>> Thanks for help, >>> >>> JL >>> >>> On 9/24/2013 1:55 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> Hello James, >>>> >>>> If you can take the books apart, you'd be fastest with the kind of >>>> scanner that will scan both sides of a sheet and also has an automatic >>>> feed. The application VueScan can probably handle one of these and it >>>> produces very good images. >>>> >>>> However, VueScan is not good for OCR. It will do it, but not very well. >>>> You can, however, feed the file of images to ABBYY FineReader Express >>>> for Mac which does an excellent job on OCR. >>>> >>>> Here is a link to the page showing which scanners are supported by >>>> VueScan: >>>> <http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> On 24 Sep 2013, at 15:41, James Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I'm wondering what would be the fastest way for a college student to >>>>> scan books with accurate OCR? >>>>> I know there are cameras out there for scanning documents like hover >>>>> cam and pearl, but I haven't actually used them. >>>>> I could be wrong, but pearl is only works with Open Book, right? >>>>> Can someone share their experience, and recommend what to buy? >>>>> Especially comparison would be very helpful. >>>>> Thanks so much, >>>>> >>>>> JL >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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