To set the record straight, I was wrong on this one, well technically wrong
anyway. IT is possible to read while scanning apparently, just not with a
software synth. That isn't exactly correct either, though for practical
purposes it is, I guess I just got impatient, hit scan and speech dies until
the scan finishes . To me it is the same thing as not being able to read
while scanning but the manual clearly states it is not.
Sorry if I have mislead anyone, and wasted the resources of the list.
Further, it is only a JFW issue in so much as RUBY really doesn't run with
JFW.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home of the Polar Bear Express!
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott D. Hendershot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: scanner question
> 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]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 11:57 PM
>
>
> > 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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>
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