[Trainer-talk] Trainer-talk Digest, Vol 86, Issue 9

Wed Sep 26 17:31:54 UTC 2012

In reading this thread, I also have a question.-- does K1000 work with this Brother scanner, or is Open Book the best way to go? Also, any idea as to the price of the Brother? Thanks.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Stand Alone Scanner (Blaine Clark)
   2. Another Scanner Question (Chip Johnson)
   3. Re: Stand Alone Scanner (Dr. Denise M Robinson)
   4. Re: Another Scanner Question (Dr. Denise M Robinson)
   5. Re: Another Scanner Question (Julie McLean)
   6. Re: Another Scanner Question (Dr. Denise M Robinson)
   7. Re: Another Scanner Question (Jaquiss, Robert)

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:05:32 -0400
From: Blaine Clark <blaineclrk at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Stand Alone Scanner
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Have you considered using a web cam mounted on a stand and aimed down toward a table or desktop on which the reading material is moved around or if the mount is mobile, the camera can be moved over the material? 
The web cam can be operated  through any program that can either adjust resolution and magnification or a magnifier program can enlarge portions of the program's window on your computer monitor. I've done this with Linux, a cheap $15 web cam hung on the edge of my monitor and the program for Linux called Cheese to see for myself how easily it can be done. With the cheap web cam the results weren't bad at all. I could read the fine print on a garden seed package with no problems, but it could have been better with a better web cam with better resolution or if I had used a magnifier program. You would want some other type of mounting arm above a table to afford more clearance to move the material than what I used, especially large pages such as newspapers, but that could be easily done with some scrap wood and some clamps or screws.

There has to be a way to do this in Microsoft, but if there isn't it can be easily done in Linux. I don't think you can do this much less expensively or with more flexibility. Depending on the quality of the web cam and the features of the viewing program plus the bit of mounting hardware or wood to securely hang the camera on you should be able to put this together for much less than $100, perhaps even under $50.

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:58:14 -0600
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Hello All,

Since we're talking about scanners, can anyone recommend a good-quality book-edge scanner for a college student. I'm hesitant to go with one of the cheaper scanners as the student may need to scan a significant amount of material depending on which books are available. He'll be using Kurzweil 1000. Thanks for any thoughts.

Chip Johnson, 

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:31:46 -0700
From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Trainer-talk] Stand Alone Scanner
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I train many people...the stand alone is the worst for people...have a scanner where you can insert it and you will have more success with the scan denise

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Blaine Clark <blaineclrk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you considered using a web cam mounted on a stand and aimed down 
> toward a table or desktop on which the reading material is moved 
> around or if the mount is mobile, the camera can be moved over the 
> material? The web cam can be operated  through any program that can 
> either adjust resolution and magnification or a magnifier program can 
> enlarge portions of the program's window on your computer monitor. 
> I've done this with Linux, a cheap $15 web cam hung on the edge of my 
> monitor and the program for Linux called Cheese to see for myself how 
> easily it can be done. With the cheap web cam the results weren't bad 
> at all. I could read the fine print on a garden seed package with no 
> problems, but it could have been better with a better web cam with better resolution or if I had used a magnifier program.
> You would want some other type of mounting arm above a table to afford 
> more clearance to move the material than what I used, especially large 
> pages such as newspapers, but that could be easily done with some 
> scrap wood and some clamps or screws.
>
> There has to be a way to do this in Microsoft, but if there isn't it 
> can be easily done in Linux. I don't think you can do this much less 
> expensively or with more flexibility. Depending on the quality of the 
> web cam and the features of the viewing program plus the bit of 
> mounting hardware or wood to securely hang the camera on you should be 
> able to put this together for much less than $100, perhaps even under $50.
>
>
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