From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([205.212.123.75]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16X8qD-0007O6-00 for ; Sat, 02 Feb 2002 17:41:01 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-38.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.57]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g12Mf11E017076 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:41:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000001c1ac3a$d8bb03a0$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: Subject: Re: New and in need of help. Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:38:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. Some twain scanners work under Linux the HP 4P, and the 5P come to mind. There is a OCR software called OCR Shop that has some twain drivers for these scanners. Also OCR Shop offers both a X based and a command line based interface. InvisibleCursor () RouteInvisibleToPc () PriorCharacter () SayColor () ----- Original Message ----- From: Georgina To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 4:42 PM Subject: Re: New and in need of help. > Hi > > I still don't understand what you are saying in respect of the issue here. > Can we use TWAIN compliant scanners under GNU/Linux or not? It seems that > you'd rather introduce new elements to the thread rather than agree with > me that we can use TWAIN compliant scanners under GNU/Linux. > > Gena > > > > >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" > >To: > >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" > >To: > >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" > >> >To: > >> >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" > >> >>To: > >> >>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" > >wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Hi, Anna. If you email me off list I'll help you get a Linux box > >going. > >> >>>> My email address is > >> >>>> tward@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@ccs.covici.com > >> >>> > >> >>>_______________________________________________ > >> >>>Speakup mailing list > >> >>>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> >>>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> >> > >> >>_______________________________________________ > >> >>Speakup mailing list > >> >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>_______________________________________________ > >> >>Speakup mailing list > >> >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Speakup mailing list > >> >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Speakup mailing list > >> >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup