IBooks and Daisy readers are for reading electronic books. Scanning is for converting print materials.
If you mean scanning, your best bets are Text Detective and Prizmo. I use both, each in different situations. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 08/11/2012, at 14:33, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there recommended best practices for scanning when scanning books for > optimal performance with VO in iBooks or with Daisy readers? Thanks in > advance. Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Marianne Denning > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 7:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Scanning books? > > You can download books from Bookshare on your IOS device and read > wherever you go. That doesn't even involve scanning it. > > I have never done this but if you scanned in a book using one of the > programs for people who are visually impaired and saved it as a DAISY > could you read it if you had a DAISY reader app? > > On 11/7/12, Cheryl LeFurgey <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sigh, kind of annoying, that. >> I mean, I've kind of always wanted to be able to have something I can >> just stick in my pocket and take wherever, the bookstore, library, >> that kind of thing. >> It kind of sucks how sighted people can just pick up a book wherever >> they want and read, while we're stuck using computers. >> >> On 11/7/12, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> There is a VueScan app that will pilot a wireless scanner, then Prizmo >>> can >>> be used for the OCR. I haven't tried this as I haven't got such a >>> scanner. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
