[nabs-l] kerswale question

[Rania]

yes that does help now I have to figure out how to do it.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Sexton" <bjsexton at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] kerswale question


>I am not at my computer that has Kurzweil, but I know there is a setting
> that allows you to automatically configure the brightness of the scan job.
> This takes about 3 to 5 minutes, but gives you a much higher confidence
> level when scanning.
> Hope that helps.
>
> Sincerely
> Bruce Sexton, board member
> NABS
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sarah Jevnikar" <sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
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> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] kerswale question
>
>
>> Amazing! I'll try that from now on. Especially students - we're all
>> caffeine
>> addicts whether we want to be or not. Not that I need to even say that 
>> ...
>> <smil>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces+sarah.jevnikar=utoronto.ca at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces+sarah.jevnikar=utoronto.ca at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>> Of
>> Corbb O'Connor
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:13 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] kerswale question
>>
>> The confidence level in Kurzweil is based on the legibility of the
>> printed page. I've found that some documents and books just don't scan
>> because the print is too faded, i.e. more grey than black. The best
>> solution I have found is to "hire" one of my sighted classmates and
>> pay him/her with a Starbucks or a smoothie. You'd be surprised how
>> fast people respond to an e-mail with a subject of, "Free Starbucks
>> when you read to Corbb!"
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> -----
>> Corbb O'Connor
>> studying at the National University of Ireland, Galway
>> Blog: http://corbbingalway.blogspot.com
>> Flirt Over Coffee Podcast: http://foc.mypodcast.com
>>
>> On 17 Oct 2008, at 20:12, Rania wrote:
>>
>> Does it mean something when you scan a page and you scan it over and
>> over because the confedence level is so low that you can't read what
>> was scanned? i have found that the confedence level drops each time I
>> rescan the page. Is there a way to get the confedence level high
>> enough so I can read what I scanned?
>> Rania,
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