Hello,
You can scan and read the last page all at the same time with K-1000.
I have done it so I know it works. I can't understand not being able to do
it in Ruby.
Very Strange!!!
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Leavens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: scanner question
> I do a lot of scanning of books, takes time and sometimes the accuracy is
a
> problem but, as you say, moving about is very good and you can use search
to
> find particular key words.
>
> I have not been using RUBY all that long, their .ark files are huge and
not
> at all suitable for floppy diskette storage by comparison with flat ASCII
> files. Also I have been using KPR for some years now and though it only
> generates ASCII it also inserts the page (form feed) character between
> pages. With KEDIT, in DOS, a document editor these Form Feed characters
are
> visible and can be searched for too, can't seem to get that convenience
from
> NotePad or WordPad and WordPad does other funny things to a flat file when
> saved, RUBY doesn't seem to honour page breaks unless in a .ARK file.
The
> one advantage to the .ARK format is that yuou can save bookmarks with the
> file but my early experiments indicate only about 100 pages per floppy, I
> get more like 800 or 900 pages as a plain ASCII file.
>
> Here in Canada anyway, books on tape are not usually very current, there
is
> almost nothing technical, one might get a book on WordPerfect 5.0 for DOS
> and if you wish to read the selections from the 10 best sellers list they
> aren't there. Steven Leecock, a fairly famous Canadian author and
humourist
> is hardly represented at all. I have become something of an information
> junkey valuing the access to current info and I am afraid I squerral it
all
> away on floppy, just haven't found a satisfactory way to do this with the
> conventional Windows tools and/or RUBY yet and RUBY isn't convenient in
many
> ways either, hit the scan button and there is nothing you can do until
that
> page is ready for reading, you cannot be reading one page and editing it
> while scanning another and you cannot really use your computer for
something
> else while RUBY is working. Man I would love to be on their development
> team.
>
> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Home of the Polar Bear Express!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: scanner question
>
>
> > I think that now that you mentioned it that is what I'm getting. I'd
like
> > some opinions on using a scanner to read textbooks on the computer
rather
> > then recorded books. I'm wondering if it would be something worth while
> or
> > should I stick with recorded tapes for books? I personally think that
it
> > would be easier for it to be read on the computer then it would be
easier
> to
> > move from place to place but that is just my opinion. Has anyone tried
> > this? If so how successfull have they been?
>
>
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