On Tuesday 03 May 2005 17:02, Jon Niehof wrote: > > --- Jens Gulden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's really too bad; over at Distributed Proofreaders we're > > > drooling over the thing. > > > > Looking at what DP is doing, I wouldn't expect anything else > > than you making fun about it... > > There are only two high-speed scanners feeding into the site; > the rest of us make do with whatever cheap flatbeds we can get > our hands on. The high-speeds require the book to be destroyed; > for rarer volumes (and library copies) something like the > OptiBook would be a godsend to minimize damage. > > > Do you mean the device itself is 'too bad', in terms of > > technical quality? > > Sorry; English (American?) idiom. "It's too bad"--the whole > situation is "too bad," disappointing. The same "it" as "it's > raining." > > > Are there any devices similiar to the Plustek OpticBook 3600? > > By other manufacturers? > > Not that I know of; right now it's rather unique and I believe > rather patented.
Hmmm, probably not, I remember, that I saw another one at the CeBit, but in the end also not supported :( I don't remember the manufacturer... Ciao, Gerhard
