[Blindmath] Suggestions or settings for InftyReader use

[Alastair Irving]

Hi Neal

You get the best results by scanning in black and white with a 
resolution of 600 DPI.  A common problem I  found was that if the 
scanned page has a black border round it, (resulting from scanning a 
bigger area than the actual page), then Infty fails to recognise it, 
thinking the whole page is just an image.  I therefore set the scanning 
software to scan an area precisely the size of the document I'm 
scanning, (as well as asking someone sighted to confirm that my scans 
have no border).

The last time I checked Infty couldn't recognise if a page was the wrong 
way up.  Therefore I do the actual scanning in Finereader and let it 
rotate the images the right way round before giving them to Infty. 
Obviously scanning with the document the right way up in the first place 
would be easier, but when scanning books this isn't possible if you want 
to always have the page in the same corner of the scanner and not have 
the opposite page being scanned.

I hope this helps

Alastair




On 07/06/2011 18:45, Neal wrote:
> Hi Gang:
> I seem to remember there were some specific suggestions and hints to getting
> the best possible scanning results with the InftyReader.
> But, of course I do not remember what they are.
> I think it had to do with dpi settings and possibly other scanner specifics
> or settings.
>
> Also, if there are suggestions for websites or lists that have more hints
> adn info on using Infty, please pass those along as well.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Feel free to contact me on or off list with this.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Neal
> neal at duxsys.com
>
>
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