[Dtb-talk] camera scanners

[Jaquiss, Robert]

Hello:

     Freedom Scientific makes a scanner called the Pearl. Serotek uses the Hovercam. There are others. One problem with an overhead scanner is that they are more sensitive to ambient light and if the page is curved, the resulting distorted image may not scan as accurately.

Regards,

Robert


Robert Jaquiss
Access Technology Specialist
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
200 E. Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, Ext.2422
Email: rjaquiss at nfb.org

-----Original Message-----
From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Gilmore
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 2:05 PM
To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Dtb-talk] camera scanners

Hi everybody,
 
I seem to remember awhile back hearing about a camera that does what a flatbed scanner does. I'd really like one of these gizmos because it seems like it'd be easier and less time-consuming to scan a book. It'd especially come in handy with books that are 600 pages or more whether hardback or paperback. Does anyone out there have such a camera? Does Humanware, etc. make something like this?
 
Thanks.
 
Mike
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