[Trainer-Talk] Need tips for camera-style scanning

[Nancy Coffman]

Hello

One method that works pretty well for small books is a piece of glare resistant plexiglass. If the Plexiglas is not glare resistant, the flash might impair the reading.

The other thing I have done is to use either the base of the pearl, or something sturdy like the edge of a cubicle to hold the page I am not reading app. That helps me to keep the page I am reading flat. The biggest drawback to this is that we are back to one page at a time.

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> On Dec 5, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Deborah Armstrong via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> In my job, I demonstrate equipment to college students with reading disabilities.
> 
> More and more students have phones and tablets and I've been recommending KNFB Reader for those who have funding to purchase it, and OCR software like Prizmo for many others. Many of my students have some vision and also can use OCR software that isn't that speech-friendly.
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> When I demo using a camera as opposed to a scanner, I use our department's Freedom Scientific Pearl. Then I use my own iPHONE with the giraffe reader stand (which is a lot like the Scan Stand only a bit more durable.
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> This works great for handouts, but I'm a clutz when I try to scan a paperback book, or any material that doesn't lie flat with a camera. For personal use, I always remove the binding from cheap paperbacks and run them through a scanner. But for my students, I want to show them how to scan a few pages in library books without destroying the book.
> 
> What's the best way to get the pages to lie flat for camera-style scanning?
> 
> --Debee
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