HMM!
Don't see an update here in the UK.
Will go on looking ...
Carol P
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From: Eileen Misrahi
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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: Requesting Suggestions On Scanning A Large Paperback Book
WithThe KNFB Reader
Thanks for mentioning the release of the Kurzweil software. I will have to
review the new features before making a decision to get the update. When I have
a little more time, I'll check out the alternative book sources to see if I can
get an electronic version.
Eileen
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On Jan 2, 2015, at 4:21 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Eileen, I really second what Richard said about finding a Kindle
edition. Or perhaps a book share addition. It's great to have hardcopy books if
you have an a vision to see the pictures or whatever. But my life has been made
so much easier since I started getting cookbooks in electronic versions. I have
had Kurzweil 1000 for years, and I love it. But there are limits. Good luck
with it. By the way there is a new version of Kurzweil just out.
Mary
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On Jan 2, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
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 <shuang.an...@gmail.com> 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
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On 2 Jan 2015, at 21:32, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com>
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
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On 1 Jan 2015, at 20:16, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> 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
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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
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On Jan 1, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Eileen Misrahi
<eileen.misr...@gmail.com> 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
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