[NABS-L] Scanning My Own Books

[Karl Martin Adam]

I=20can't=20help=20you=20with=20scanning,=20but=20have=20you=20tried=20Book=
share?=20=20
Also,=20if=20you're=20a=20student,=20have=20you=20tried=20your=20school=20l=
ibrary=20(if=20
you're=20looking=20for=20academic=20books,=20any=20decent=20university=20li=
brary=20
should=20get=20you=20access=20to=20a=20lot=20through=20Oxford=20Scholarship=
=20Online,=20
Cambridge=20Core,=20and=20Proquest.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Justin=20Heard=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=203=20Dec=202018=2021:01:07=20-0500
Subject:=20[NABS-L]=20Scanning=20My=20Own=20Books

Hi=20there.

I=20am=20angry.=20I=20want=20access=20to=20a=20lot=20of=20books=20that=20ha=
ve=20not=20been=20
made=20into
EBooks=20through=20either=20Kindle=20or=20Nook,=20and=20I'm=20tired=20of=20=
waiting.=20
These
aren't=20bestsellers,=20so=20it=20could=20be=20years.

What=20is=20the=20most=20reliable=20method=20for=20scanning=20my=20own=20bo=
oks?=20I=20
have
thought=20about=20doing=20this=20before,=20but=20when=20I=20last=20tried=20=
with
Kurzweil1000,=C2=A0=20or=20maybe=203000,=20I=20did=20not=20have=20the=20bes=
t=20of=20luck.=20I=20
was
using=20a=20flatbed=20scanner.=20I=20succeeded=20because=20I=20had=20read=20=
the=20book=20
in=20a
digital=20format=20before=20so=20I=20caught=20the=20mistakes.=20I'm=20looki=
ng=20for=20a=20
way
that=20will=20have=20a=2095%=20success=20rate=20in=20recognizing=20text,=20=
and=20will=20
allow=20me
to=20save=20it=20as=20a=20word=20document.

Thanks=20for=20reading=20this.


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