Joannie, Thanks for posting again. I see your address has changed, and I will save it. Did you see and answer Adrienne's message that was an anwer to your request? Cindy - CJ Vining <Vining@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh, how I miss my Reading Edge for this very reason! > > I press the spine down on both pb and hc books. It > makes scanning hard work, yes, but at least I can be > fairly certain that I won't have to go back and > rescan pages a second time. I've become a great fan > of the public library in the last few months, > because their books are flexible enough not to need > their spines pressed. > > Some time back, didn't one of you have information > about a particular new scanner which is designed > similar to the Reading Edge? I neglected to make a > note of the name of it, so if anyone knows what this > is, I'd be grateful if it were posted again. > > Joanie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Patti Johnson > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:33 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scannin g > > > I was asking the gentleman at FS today if he > scanned books and he said no. He said what he knew > about that was that most paperbacks have cheap > paper for pages, and the fact you have to hold the > binding down to get a good scan, so he had never > tried scanning a book but said he thought he might > try it. How many of you hold the binding down while > scanning? Seems to me if you are going to do that > then you have to sit at the computer/scanner the > whole time the book is scanning, whether you do it > in segments but still, that sounds like a lot of > effort, and wondered if that is what you all do. I > also wonder if hardback books are easier, if you > have to hold that binding down as often on a > hardback book. The gentleman at FS said that was one > of the things he really had liked about the reading > edge, that all that effort wasn't necessary because > of how you had the book positioned on the scanner, > and the fact you could put it in a farther back > position, however he said it. Anyway, just curious, > Patti > > Me and my guide dog; > He does a good job, > He keeps me safe > So life is just great > For me and my guide dog. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail