Surely there are no standard recommendations since each student has their
needs assessed on an individual basis and recommendations made
accordingly ;)
St.John Skeates
Awards Section
Bedfordshire County Council
Direct Line 01234 316300
-----Original Message-----
From: David Grant [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 9:09 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; Skeates,St.John DEAL Awards Tm
Subject: Re: book scannes - scanning pens the answer?
For students who make use of bound research journals, where even xeroxing
is
a problem because of the size of the volume and the tightness of the
binding, I recommend that a student be provided with a Quicklink Scanning
pen. [Available from iANSYST, cost of ú130 includes VAT].
This handheld device enables a student to scan across lines of text and
save
it to memory. This can then be uploaded into a PC and read aloud using
Read
& Write
Given the necessity for students to make use of the research literature
I'm
a little surprised that this device is not a 'standard' recommendation.
There may be all sorts of reasons why not, but the dislike of some
dyslexic
students for printed material cannot be the sole reason - can it?
David
David Grant, PhD., Chartered Psychologist
dyslexia diagnosis - a specialist service for students
3 Rosebank Road
Hanwell
London W7 2EW
Tel: 020 8579 1902
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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>From: Andrew Hodgson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: book scannes
>Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2002, 4:48 pm
>
>On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:33:23 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Sitting next to my ConoScan N67OU, I wondered how close to the binding
>>of a page I could scan, if the scanner were placed on a box allowing
>>half of the book to hang down the side of the scanner(this would
>>overcome the obvious difficulty of trying to lay an open book flat on
>>the scanner and having to sit on it so that the text close to the spine
>>of the book can be recognised).
>>
>>I didn't place the scanner on a box but placed a ruler across the
>>machine and 'scanned' it. The scanner will read to within 22mm of the
>>edge of the scanner. This is fine for a few texts but, unfortunately,
>>many have margins as small as 12mm - so the scanner would miss a lot of
>>text. Oh well - back to sitting on the scanner.
>>
>>Seriously: the CanoScan is a lightweight machine that does scan close
>>to the edge. I wonder if there are any that scan closer still.
>
>The Epson machine I have is quite bulky and has quite an edge to it -
>enough for the book to drop off - however, I still end up creesing the
>bindings on some of the books with thinner margins. Also, when the
>book is in this situation, it is sometimes possible to get a tilted
>image into the scanner (Kurzweil 1000 announces this if this is the
>case) and thus the quality is not as good).
>
>Also I came accross a library book last year full of handwritten notes
>- obviously rendering the text useless for scanning purposes.
>
>Andrew.
>--
>Andrew Hodgson, Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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