New and in need of help.

[Amanda Lee]

Definitely no bashing going on here!  I was just trying to say that Twain
ain't Twain and not the same Twain from scanner to scanner.  We all wish it
were indeed because we could avail ourselves of far more options.  Case in
point, the Mustek Scanner which I paid $400 U.S. for in 1997 was offered as
a substitute from Best Buy because they could not supply the HP 4C I had
ordered.  I later learned that it would not work with K1000 because of
inherent flaws in the Mustek firmware which does not implement Twain as
effectively and which lockedout access to the K1000 software.

I'm not infering that being a beta tester gives me an edge nor position of
authority.  I'm merely relating the facts based upon those whom I happen to
have the opportunity to interact with whose well-founded research an
experiences have thus shared and not arbitrarily.

I will definitely step-up to test the Linux version of K1000 as well.

Just another insentive that I need to get my Linux box setup here ha!  I am
just at this quandry about pulling a bunch of data off of the box.
WindBlows 95 is corrupt and I don't have the patience to modem everything
and I don't know if I can establish a null modem across to this other box.

Amanda Lee
Alexandria, VA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <capeterson at visi.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: New and in need of help.


Just a not here.

I have a friend who graduated from school who graduated last year and took a
job with L and H.  He is working with a team that is working on porting
Kurtzweil scanning and reading products to Linux.

So, don't bash them just yet.

I haven't talked to him since he took the job, so I don't know the status of
the project, but perhaps something good will come of it eventually.

73,
Chris Peterson, KG0BP



----- Original Message -----
From: "Georgina" <gena at gena-j.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: New and in need of help.


> Hi
>
> No thanks, I got a lovely set up here of the Epson 1240 and K1000 6.02
> with Dectalk.  I again will try to bring you round to the discussion that
> started this discussion.  John wrote that TWAIN scanners will not
deffinately
> work on the GNU/Linux platform.  The fact that your a beta tester for the
> most exploitative front end for the rtk and fine reader ocr engines has
> nothing to do with it.  It is because of such software that demonstrates
> the need for the time and investment into the GNU/Linux community.
>
> Gena
>
>
>
> >Okay then be my guest and go out and buy yourself a cheap, off-the-shelf
> >scanner that nobody has ever heard of.  I can betya! that it is not
likely
> >to operate in Twain mode very well if at all.
> >
> >I am a beta tester for the K1000 product and we discuss these things with
> >developers who test various scanners as a part of their job.  They know
what
> >they are talking about.
> >
> >Amanda Lee
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Georgina" <gena at gena-j.net>
> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:32 PM
> >Subject: Re: New and in need of help.
> >
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >I stand by what I said!  "almost"  I had to challange the misleading
> >post about scanner support under GNU/Linux.
> >
> >
> >Gena
> >
> >
> >
> >>Nope, not all scanners are Twain compatible in fact for awhile, HP had
> >>broken Twain and they don't support it as well in some of their series.
> >>Other brainds are even worse.
> >>
> >>Amanda Lee
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Georgina" <gena at gena-j.net>
> >>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >>Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 10:36 AM
> >>Subject: Re: New and in need of help.
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>Do TWAIN make scanners?  I thought that TWAIN was an interface.  almost
> >>every scanner is TWAIN compliant and when installed under Windows uses a
> >>TWAIN interface but the same scanner will work under GNU/Linux with the
> >>"Scanner Access Now Easy".  You can see the list of supported scanners
on
> >>the SANE www site.
> >>
> >>Sorry, can't remember what TWAIN stands for but it is another acronym.
> >>
> >>Gena
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>If you are going to any significant scanning, you should have
> >>>Windblows available -- from what I can tell, Linux ocr is not there
> >>>yet and I understand they definitely don't support twain scanners.
> >>>
> >>>on Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:48:51 -0500 "Thomas Ward" <tward at bright.net>
wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi, Anna. If you email me off list I'll help you get a Linux box
going.
> >>>> My email address is
> >>>> tward at bright.net
> >>>>
> >>>> Some initial questions here.
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you have a hardware synth?
> >>>> Do you plan to buy one if not?
> >>>> If you plan to scan books do you have a scsi scanner?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>         John Covici
> >>>         covici at ccs.covici.com
> >>>
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