[blindlaw] Fujitsu ScanSnap s500

[Sarah Clark]

So do we, a half a block down the street.  Kinkos is great for that.  We 
also take the books back there to get rebound  if we want to hang onto them 
after they've been scanned.

Sarah


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie at mpmail.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fujitsu ScanSnap s500


> Hi Albert,
>
> I live almost next door to a Kinko's. I'll admit, that does help.
>
> Angie
>
> On Sat, 26 May 2007 07:46:01 -0400, albert griffith wrote:
>
>>Angie, do you cut the binders off your books to prepare them so quickly?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Angie Matney
>>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:16 PM
>>To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fujitsu ScanSnap s500
>
>>If you can afford it, I highly, highly recommend the Fujitsu FI-5120C or 
>>the
>>FI-5220C. The 5120 is a sheetfed scanner; the 5220 is a sheetfed combined
>>with a flatbed. The 5120 runs about 800-900, I think, and the 5220 is 
>>about
>>$400 more.
>
>>I have the 5220C. I can scan 100 pages in seven minutes. And the results 
>>are
>>unbelievable. No more waiting for DSS to get books to me. My copies even
>>turned out to be better than the electronic book I got from one publisher.
>
>>I don't know much about the ScanSnap. The scanner I have is duplex, so it
>>scans both sides of the page at once. IMO, it's more than a reasonable
>>investment. It's incredible to buy a book and have it ready to read the 
>>same
>>day with very little fus.
>
>>Angie
>
>>On Fri, 25 May 2007 16:43:12 -0300, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>
>>>Good afternoon,
>>>
>>>I am thinking about purchasing a new scanner for my first year of law
>>school.  Is anyone familiar with the Fujitsu ScanSnap s500 and how well it
>>performs as both a scanner and how well the Abbyy OCR bundled with it
>>performs for OCR?
>>>
>>>Any other sheet-fed scanner recommendations would be great.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Everett
>>>
>>>
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