Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Pandora Nigh) (11/06/90)
Index Number: 11571 Hi Lee, I got the Mars 105 scanner from Dak industries a catalog out fit. It came with a steel guide rule. I found that by fixing the rule down on my desk with two faced thick tape that it not only holds well it shoves the guide edge more securely up into the scanner and I can run it fairly well. It does take a lot of practice though. The Mars scanner basically does pictures or graphics but it can pick up text. The only problem with text is that it considers the text a graphic file and not a text file so you can only save or manipulate the text in a graphic program. It also takes several goings over a picture to set the darkness and density buttons just right to get the best picture. It will convert color photos to black and white and give you an image, but it does better with black and white drawings. It's supper great and comic strips. I have all sorts of pictures from the comics now all over my office area. Sorry to hear that your foot is still sore, you really have to watch out for those carnivorous cars. I find that every few years they just decide to eat some poor unsuspecting human. Well I better get back to work so talk to you later....... Pandora -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!157!3!Pandora.Nigh Internet: Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org
Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman) (11/16/90)
Index Number: 11740 PN> The only problem with text is that it considers the text a graphic file PN> and not a text file so you can only save or manipulate the text in a PN> graphic program. It also takes several goings over a picture to set the You can obtain OCR software that will convert your graphics files into text. The October 30 issue of PC Magazine had a review of OCR software. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!115!778.1!Eric.Bohlman Internet: Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org
Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Pandora Nigh) (11/28/90)
Index Number: 11995 Hi Lee, the Mars 105 will copy text but to be able to manipulate it as a text file you will need OCR software. While the price on the stuff has come down it is still hefty. I did some checking on the Readright program that will work on my machine is over $300. There is another input scanner that will read aloud, let you manipulate the file and print to both a braille printer and a regular printer. I saw it demonstrated in ST. Louis and will look up the info for you. It is a hefty price though, a lot less than Kurtzweil but still about $4000 if my memory serves me well. I'm glad to here you've got a really intresting Thanksgiving planned, but isn't it a little nippy to go camping? This year I'm go;ing to my parents houseMy sister from California can't get time off at Christmas so she is comming for Thanksgiving as well as my brother and his family from Cincinati. So it is turning into a family reunion. It will also be a double dinner day because Ray's parents want us over also and his sister from Atlanta and her husband are comming up also. The turkeys wont be the only things stuffed that day. I hope you have a nice Thanksgiving and that smoked turkey sounds fabulous. You'll have to give me the instructions on how to do that. Well better be getting on so till later..... Pandora -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!157!3!Pandora.Nigh Internet: Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org