From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 5720B1F03B7; Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:08:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from pv33p03im-asmtp002.me.com (pv33p03im-asmtp002.me.com [17.143.180.11]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D2B51EFE2D for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2015 23:08:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.0.1.8] (97-87-51-156.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com [97.87.51.156]) by pv33p03im-asmtp002.me.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Mar 31 2015)) with ESMTPSA id <0NXB0010MQ6DTP10@pv33p03im-asmtp002.me.com> for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:08:39 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2015-11-05_04:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 kscore.is_bulkscore=0 kscore.compositescore=1 compositescore=0.9 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 kscore.is_spamscore=0 rbsscore=0 spamscore=0 urlsuspectscore=0.9 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1510090000 definitions=main-1511050067 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.1 \(3096.5\)) Subject: Re: Scanning From: Cheryl Homiak In-reply-to: <87mvut5fvx.fsf@mushroom.localdomain> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:08:36 -0600 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: <0E3E79A1-F2B3-40EF-A679-E6B165047A2D@icloud.com> <87mvut5fvx.fsf@mushroom.localdomain> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3096.5) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:08:53 -0000 Thank you so much, Chris! I will contact you. I have tried with the lide = 110 and scanimage, which I think may be what I used a few years ago, but = get errors when I pass the image on to tesseract and just a blank file. = I probably am leaving something out of the command line but I would like = to keep trying. --=20 Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > On Nov 4, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Chris Brannon = wrote: >=20 > Cheryl Homiak writes: >=20 >> If anybody onlist does scanning with a flatbed scanner on linux, = could >> you tell me what you are using. >=20 > Hi Cheryl, > I do scanning on Linux all the time. > My scanner is a CanoScan lide 100. I use a tool named scanimage. It = is > part of the sane package, or maybe the sane-backends package. I think > the package name may vary by distro. > In order to scan on Linux, you'll need to add your user to the scanner > group first. > I don't know what the differences are between the lide 100 and the = lide > 110, but sane's compatibility page claims that the lide 110 is fully > supported. > If you need any further help debugging, feel free to contact me > off-list, and I'll be happy to help. >=20 > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup