Hi Eileen,
I was curious about Thermomix as well, but while scanning with KNFB Reader is very much on topic, I just used Google and searched for “Thermomix” since I felt a cooking gadget was hardly on topic for the Viphone list. If you Google Thermomix you’ll find plenty of results as well as their website. As I said, it is a cooking gadget or whatever you want to call it, but when I see stuff like that especially if it’s been around for decades as seems to be the case with this, I always wonder why it’s not available in every store and used by every household if it’s so great. Only big thing it has going for itself seems to be that its German and I can say from my own experience that “Made in Germany” is definitely a good thing *smile* Just as a last comment, on their website it did say something about all their recipes being available somehow via the website. So, Sandy, have you checked if you can access the recipes that way? Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eileen Misrahi Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Requesting Suggestions On Scanning A Large Paperback Book WithThe KNFB Reader Hello All, My question to you Sandy is: What is a Theromix? I am waiting for the update to complete for JAWS 16. I will then look at both programs; Kurzweil 1000 and OpenBook 9 to see which I will scan the book into. I also do have Fine Reader Pro on theMac, but I'm more familiar with the PC side for text-to-speech software and have extensive experience with them to push the software to their limits. What I don't like with these apps is the fact that when I save the file in a DOC or DOCX format, I lose some of the format of the document. I really need to scan a recipe with KNFB Reader. I only got to the beginning of the book, so no recipes were actually scanned with the app. I will not pull the book apart for a better scan of it.That I do know. Thanks again for all the suggestions. I'll keep all posted on which method I use to scan this large book. Eileen On Jan 2, 2015, at 5:55 AM, Joanne Chua <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Sandra and all Thanks Sandra for the post. Now you are giving me ideas. Maybe, i do find reasons to get KNFBReader after all. I have a bunch of Thermomix Books that sitting on the shell collecting dusts and also hips of fictions and non-fiction books that are rare, either they are from Independent publishers or they are what i'll call "festival authors that can't necesarry get it in the main stream market. Maybe, i can make good use on KNFBReader with these books after all. I just, need to compile list of reasons to convince myself that i do need the KNFB Reader. I have been an iphone user for the last 5 years, and i have never pay for any app that is over $5... grins. Thanks for the idea. Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 2 Jan 2015, at 21:32, Sandratomkins <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Eileen, This is serendipitous as I have just started to scan some cookery books myself.now, although K n FB is a very good app the requirements for scanning recipes requires complete precision.even when using my stand scan pro I find there will be the odd error.these errors are so slight that if I was scanning fiction, for example, they wouldn't matter, but with recipes…so, I decided to bite the bullet and ask my partner to use his flat bed scanner and PC to create PDF files.he then can pass those files over to me and KN FB will digitise them.I should mention that I no longer have a PC or laptop or my own flat bed scanner. his PC/laptop are barred to me!neither does he have any screen readers on them.don't I sound pitiable?however, this was my choice: having decided that I would never, never pay the extortionate rates that the adaptive software was asking of me again.I know there are programs such as NVD a et cetera which I could now use, but when I decided to give up my laptop this wasn't really a viable option.Plus, I wanted to push my iPhone to its limit.so, in short, if you can obtain PDF files, you can use the KFFB reader to OCR them for you.I don't suppose your cookery books are for a Thermomix are they?this is my latest indulgence and has turned me from an appalling cook into really quite a good one!unfortunately, all the recipe books for the Thermomix do not exist in E format.good luck to you and happy cooking! Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 1 Jan 2015, at 20:16, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Richard, I agree that while KNFB Reader is an awesome app, there are projects where a scanner solution is better just as you’d rent a moving truck if you want to move rather than making 20 trips with the car. The ideal solution would be to have a scanner with automatic document feeder and to destroy the book so you can just run the pages through the scanner. I have a Fujitsu Scansnap IX500 and while it would only scan to PDF, it is so super blazing fast and does automatic souble sided scanning. If I had a paperback book with 300 pages I could probably scan that with that scanner in about 5 minutes and then just use Openbook to recognize the single PDF file. I guess now that Jaws does OCR on entire PDF documents you could even open the PDF in Adobe Reader and tell Jaws to do the OCR. It would be interesting to see if that works. What is the book you are trying to scan, Eileen? Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 12:07 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Requesting Suggestions On Scanning A Large Paperback Book WithThe KNFB Reader I'd recommend waiting until the next update comes out that should include retaining the format of the page. The standscan might be the best choice of stands to attempt this, but in reality, I'd recommend using a computer with OpenBook or Kurzweil software for that size project. If you have a Bookshare membership, you could request that book and even offer to send the print copy to a volunteer willing to to scan the book ... Good luck, Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S On Jan 1, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello All, I have just purchased a 300 plus paperback cookbook, with the page size approximately 8 X 11.5. I am using an iPhone6 with iOS 8.1 with the KNFB Reader. I'm wondering if others have scanned a book of this size and what they used to hold down the pages that does not have a large amount of pages to weight down the side. I tried a stmall weighted object, but that's not to really doing the trick. Any other suggestions. Has anyone tried the KNFB Reader with any of the stands or mounts? I would love to hear their experiences. I will set up the StandScan Pro after posting this and see how this may assist me in accomplishing this activity. Thanks in advance for your help in this matter. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. 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