I'll take your word for it <smile>, so long as the device scans menus or whatever I want to read in a hurry then that's all I care about.
It might be that incorporating a more powerful camera would have jumped the price up dramatically? Who knows. Sent from Dane's iPhone +613400494862 > On 26 Apr 2014, at 3:46 am, "Evan Reese" <ment...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > AS someone who has scanned over 500 books for Bookshare, I can tell you that > higher resolution can degrade scan quality. It may seem counterintuitive, but > it's true nonetheless. For example, the default resolution for K1000 is 300 > dots per inch. But you can set it to 400 or 600. The scan quality is often > not as good at these higher resolutions. For larger print, the difference is > even more noticeable. Oftentimes, 200 dots per inch is the optimal resolution > for larger print, and there's a substantial degradation in quality with > higher resolutions. > In other words, you don't necessarily want or need the highest resolution > camera you can pack into a device for OCR work. > Evan > > Evan > > > -----Original Message----- From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 12:37 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Blaze EZ Daisy multi-player with OCR > > I'm not into photography but perhaps that doesn't matter for text? I know > that - when scanning with a monochrome flat-bed scanner - it usually doesn't > make any difference for OCR work. > > Let's see how good the device is before we start getting ahead of ourselves,. > > >> On 26 Apr 2014, at 2:17 am, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. >> <ukekearu...@valtdnet.com> wrote: >> >> It comes with a 5 megapixel camera. I wonder why they couldn't use an >> 8-megapixel camera? Wouldn't that make the scanning even better? >> >> Sincerely, >> Olusegun >> Denver, Colorado >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > >
