From: dr d b karron (karron@casi.net)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 08:45:24 MST
contact me directly (karron_NO_SPAM_PLEASE_PLEASE_@casi.net) and I will
explain in detail.
It is expensive, and scanning heaps of old books and journals is trickey. It
depends on humidity, age of the paper, and how good the gum rubber pick-ups
on your automatic document feeder are.
We had very good results with old ADF's on HP flat bed scanners, and the new
scanners are junk junk junk. We ended up getting a high end scanner.
I have my students scanning while we programme, as you can't throw more than
a half inch of paper in the hopper at a time.
I it is basically a labor of love, and a way for me to reclaim space in my
little midtown manhanttan apartment.
dr. k
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Samantha Atkins
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 3:28 AM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: Elephants dance and dont' forget ?
Cool! What kind of scanner, process, automation are you using?
I did one book the slow way recently and it was no fun at
all. Given the volume I assume you have much better going.
-samantha
dr d b karron wrote:
> We are in the process of converting my entire libary to scanned images
> (.pdf).
> We run our scanner day and night, and my entire science magazine
collection
> going back to 1966 is slowing
> being reincarnated on the 1 TB raid.
>
> The problem is no one wants to proof millions of pages if we ever OCR all
of
> this stuff.
>
> My office used to consist of floor to ceiling periodicals and books and
> papers. The reduction in volume converting
> all that paper to electronic format is wonderful, and my students can
still
> look stuff up in the office.
>
> I am less thrilled about doing recreational reading electonically, I guess
> because my entire life is being
> overtaken by electronic displays...
>
> Dr. K
>
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