From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27683F226 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:42:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2QGgHm14978 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:42:17 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2QGgHH26067 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:42:17 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2QGgHL26057 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:42:17 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2QGgHm14974 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:42:17 -0500 Received: from front1.chartermi.net (24.213.60.123.up.mi.chartermi.net [24.213.60.123]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2QGdrY07865 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:39:53 -0500 Received: from [24.196.69.180] (HELO maranatha.chartermi.net) by front1.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.3) with ESMTP id 73524948 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:42:16 -0500 Received: from chomiak (helo=localhost) by maranatha.chartermi.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pu1b-0000HX-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:42:19 -0600 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:42:19 -0600 (CST) From: Cheryl Homiak To: "blinux-list@redhat.com" Subject: scanners Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi all! I want to get a scanner and would like some advice. I don't have USB; I do have either a free pci or ISA slot. If I get an sblive the free slot will be iSA; otherwise it will be pci. I understand that you can get scsi scanners that don't take a scsi adapter; they plug into the printer and the printer plugs into the parallel port if i understand it correctly. Anyway, I know nothing about scanners so could use somehelp. Are there things that I as a blind person want to look for so that the scanner will actually scan the pages without me having to guide it or something. I know i'mn probably revealing major ignorance here, so somebody please give me at least the short course on this. Thanks.