Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Annie, What region are you in? Ebony consulting may be able to help with a hovercam purchase. Write me off list if you're interested. The scan quality of the hovercam is really good. It has a built in flash and an auto focus and a tactile positioning guide. It's also really well built an

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Annie, If you can find a flatbed scanner large enough to take a double-page of any of your books, VeuScan will allow you to automate the scanning process with its Repeat function. You can set the timing to suit your scanner. It's still pretty time-consuming, but it's quicker than scanning

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Cawal. As far as I have tried the pearl is not very good. I have on the other hand tried a zoomex that is pretty nice. The hover cam would be cheaper, and it can be used with more OCR programs. Yes it would be rather quick to snap pictures of a book, if the camera works and makes clear pict

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Rahul Bajaj
I didn't know about camera scanners. I have an HP scanner in which each page has to be scanned separately and with a lot of care. So, it's a rigorous and time-consuming process. Are camera scanners as accurate as traditional scanners? On 14/05/2013, shane christenson wrote: > Hi, Annie and othe

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread shane christenson
Hi, Annie and others. I should point out here, that with a camera scanner, the camera just snaps a picture of the page(s), so if you have say a 200-page book, you can snap a book in about 10 minutes or so. Just a thought. Shane On May 14, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi Donn

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
You might want the Pearl as that is a camera but you'd have to run Windows. Kawal. On 14 May 2013, at 02:54 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Ugh! I'm so sorry, that saves so much time and it's so freeing. But I know > what you mean you can't very well cut bindings off of library books. :-) I'm > luc

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Ugh! I'm so sorry, that saves so much time and it's so freeing. But I know what you mean you can't very well cut bindings off of library books. :-) I'm lucky, I have a book chopper, and my husband cuts the bindings off. Good luck and let us know how the camera works out. Best, Donna Sent from m

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Donna. You are right. But I can not remove the binding, I can not get the equipment that can do it. I am not able to do it by hand. I think the easist for me would be a camera scanner. I am also getting a lot of books from my local library, I don't think they will like getting the books ba

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Annie, Just one thing to think about. If you scan a lot of books, I would get a fast scanner with a good document feeder. this means you'll have to remove the binding from the book, but you can then put it in the scanner and walk away. With the hover cam, you would have to stand there and

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-14 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Erik. This is interesting. I will have to buy it from the U.S., so I will need to know a little more. Can I scan multiple pages and save as 1 tif file, so that I can scan it with abbyy finereader pro if needed. Has anyone tried the hover cam with prizmo. How is the scan quality? Best Annie

Re: Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-13 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, what about the hovercam t5v? Best, 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

Can anyone recommend a scanner for scanning books.

2013-05-13 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I am scanning a lot of books. I need a really quick scanner, eventually an a3 or a scanner, which will scan to the edge of the scanner, so that you without any problems can scan a page at a time. It need to be quick and easy. I would like a scanner that can work both on mac and in windows.