I just flatten it out with my hand, and then held the pages down with my fingers while it scanned. It also didn't hurt that this was a very old book, from the early 50s and so the spine was very brittle.
Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:17 PM, "Gary Bowers" <[email protected]> wrote: > > How did you flatten the paperback book for scanning with the KNFB Reader? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Chuck Dean > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions > > I tried scanning about twenty pages of a paperback book. I used my scan stand > pro. > It worked very well... About 98% accurate. > > Chuck (mobile) > Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > > On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Jonathan, have you tried books? If you have a paperback, could you do two > pages at once if it's a small format paperback, and what it separate the > pages? Or is that asking too much? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 18, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Brian, I don't own any scanning stand. In my view, if one needs to > resort to another gadget to get a good picture, I may as well go to the > office and use my scanner. What I'm after is great results with the device I > carry with me in my pocket, with no additional stuff. And KNFB delivers > better than anything else I've used. > In the past, Prizmo was my favourite app for OCR on the iPhone, but > KNFB is giving me far superior results on the first try and it's really fast. > > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > > On 18/09/2014, at 11:18 pm, BrianMiller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Jonathan, > So is the KNFB reader app now available in the app store? > > Also, are you using a stand to take the scans/pics, or are you > just holding the phone over the page or item? > > Thanks so much, this is very encouraging! > > Brian M > > > From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: KNFB Reader, First Impressions > > I've spent the last half hour or so playing with KNFB Reader on my > iPhone 5s. 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