Hi. I have tried the hovercam. If mine was broken I do not know, but I get very bad results, and had a lot of problems with software. I am getting better results with my phone and standscan, but still a flatbed scanner would be preferable, but it has become more difficult to get a good flatbed scanner.
Best regards Annie. Den Sep 29, 2013 kl. 3:52 PM skrev Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com>: > I haven't tried the hover cam on the Mac but back when I was trying to use it > on my Windows laptop with Docuscan plus, I got horrible results. I went out > and bought a flat bed scanner; much better results with that. The scanner > with Docuscan works great on the Mac too. I just don't have any faith in > these camera based approaches. > > On Sep 25, 2013, at 4:57 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: > >> This solution meets the requirement of being the fastest, but it falls over >> in a few ways. >> >> first, a double sided sheet feeder is an expensive proposition, even though >> you can probably find a voscan compatible one. If you're in a commercial >> setting such as a university transcription service you might be able to >> justify the cost, but for an individual it doesn't really make that much >> sense. >> >> Second, you have to cut the books. The books themselves can be quite >> expensive. I preferred to double up with my classmates when I was in >> college. I scanned some one else's book pertimes because the books costed >> between 70 and 150 dollars a piece. You may want to resell the books and >> get some of your money back later. Again, if you're a professional >> transcription service this might be a good bet, but for an individual it's >> not really the way to go. >> >> Third, While there are good tutorials on making the whole >> voscan/readiris/finereader system work done by knowledgeable people in plain >> language, the fact of the matter is, setting up the duel software system >> initially takes a bit of extra overhead. I've never been much tempted >> myself. $200 to get two pieces of software and merry them together is >> reasonable enough on cost, but I know that most of my clients are not happy >> with the idea of two programs to do one job. >> >> I like the camera system myself. I'm not a professional transcription >> service, so the idea of taking half an hour to scan a book that used to take >> me three hours really doesn't faze me. The camera is portable so I can take >> it on the road if I want. I can also fold it out of the way to save desk >> space if I need to. I use an eyepal, because I had access to funding and >> because I got a corporate discount on it through my access technology >> company. I haven't had great experiences with it under windows, but on the >> mac it seems to work really well despite not being designed well at all from >> a software standpoint. I also have a hovercam T5V. While I mostly use it >> under windows with k1000, it can also be used with docuscan plus on the mac. >> Docuscan is cloud based and I'm not very happy with that aspect of it, but >> I like the hovercam hardware better than the EyePal. It feels sturdier and >> it's cheeper. Not to mention the docuscan software is actually built for >> mac as opposed to the jury-rigged eyepal approach. Out of pocket, docuscan >> and the hovercam are cheeper than the eyepal. If your alternative is an >> industrial grade double-sided sheet feeding scanner, then docuscan and a >> hovercam are going to be cheeper than that as well. If you don't mind >> splicing sets of pages together and you buy a consumer grade single sided >> sheet feeder, you could get one for a reasonable price. I don't think it >> would be as fast as a camera, but it would be less maintenance because you >> wouldn't have to flip pages manually. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the >> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog >> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 >> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2013-09-24, at 1:55 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hello James, >>> >>> If you can take the books apart, you'd be fastest with the kind of scanner >>> that will scan both sides of a sheet and also has an automatic feed. The >>> application VueScan can probably handle one of these and it produces very >>> good images. >>> >>> However, VueScan is not good for OCR. It will do it, but not very well. You >>> can, however, feed the file of images to ABBYY FineReader Express for Mac >>> which does an excellent job on OCR. >>> >>> Here is a link to the page showing which scanners are supported by VueScan: >>> <http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 24 Sep 2013, at 15:41, James Lee <jameslee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I'm wondering what would be the fastest way for a college student to scan >>>> books with accurate OCR? >>>> I know there are cameras out there for scanning documents like hover cam >>>> and pearl, but I haven't actually used them. >>>> I could be wrong, but pearl is only works with Open Book, right? >>>> Can someone share their experience, and recommend what to buy? >>>> Especially comparison would be very helpful. >>>> Thanks so much, >>>> >>>> JL >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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