[NABS-L] Scanning My Own Books

Tue Dec 4 14:40:11 UTC 2018

Hi Justin.
The OpticBook is what is called a book edge scanner, meaning it is a flatbed in which the glass extends out to the edge of the scanner. This allows for scanning as near to the margin as posisble. Many flatbeds are made for simply scanning pictures or single pages, so in order to scan the margin it is necessary to smash the book flat. This results in a lot of errors at the spine side.
Feel free to drop a line privately if you wish. I am a doctoral student and also teach in a seminary, and I do a vast amount of scanning of religious texts. I am happy to talk with you further about getting best results. Most of my text has 99 per cent accuracy.

Rev. Sarah Blake LaRose
http://www.sarahblakelarose.com
Accessible instruction in Biblical languages

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Subject: Re: [NABS-L] Scanning My Own Books

Yes, I have tried Bookshare. Unfortunately the books I want to read are religious texts, specifically Orthodox Christian. Since it’s not something most people would find unless they’re looking for it, they don’t get added. And since the publishers aren’t huge they haven’t developed a relationship with Bookshare, though I’m working on that. On top of that, even with book requests, you have to have someone scan and proofread it, which most people don’t want to do because it’s an unfamiliar religious tradition. So until a bunch of things happen, I’m stuck with this. 
Is the OpticBook scanner a flatbed? I already have a flatbed, but I’m wondering if a feed scanner would work better. 

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> On Dec 4, 2018, at 6:21 AM, Sarah Blake LaRose via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Bookshare is a good idea. When that fails, I am using an Opticbook scanner. The software doesn’t matter as much as your knowledge of hw to change its brightness settings etc to get the best scan.
> 
> Sarah Blake LaRose
> http://www.sarahblakelarose.com
> 
> Ps. 86:11
> 
> On Dec 3, 2018, at 10:37 PM, Elisa Dahill via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Have you tried Bookshare? They have so much.
> Elisa
> 
> 
>> On Dec 3, 2018, at 9:01 PM, Justin Heard via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi there.
>> 
>> I am angry. I want access to a lot of books that have not been made into EBooks through either Kindle or Nook, and I'm tired of waiting. These aren't bestsellers, so it could be years.
>> 
>> What is the most reliable method for scanning my own books? I have thought about doing this before, but when I last tried with Kurzweil1000,  or maybe 3000, I did not have the best of luck. I was using a flatbed scanner. I succeeded because I had read the book in a digital format before so I caught the mistakes. I'm looking for a way that will have a 95% success rate in recognizing text, and will allow me to save it as a word document.
>> 
>> Thanks for reading this.
>> 
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