[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2688] Re: technical question: scanner recommendation?

From: Barbara J. Sabaj (bjteach@ameritech.net)
Date: Sat Dec 07 2002 - 02:16:35 EST


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Scanner are very cheap.  You can buy a good one for $100 and a cheap one for
50-70.  Scanning text and transparencies depends more on the software than
the scanner.  I have yet to find really good OCR software.  Scanning photos
and scanning text as a picture are great.  The difficulties aris in the
Optical Character Reader (OCR), but don't let it stop you from getting one.

We use a cheap one in our Family Programan and the parents and children have
had great fun creating stories from family pictures and photos of our
activities.
Barb Sabaj
District 214 Community Education
bjteach@ameritech.net
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> Greetings everyone,
>
> If you receive more than one copy of this note due to cross-posting, sorry
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> We'd like to purchase a decent quality scanner and are wondering if anyone
can recommend one. Most often we scan photographs, but occasionally it would
be helpful to scan text or transparencies.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer, on or off list.
>
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> Priscilla
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