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I have used a digital camera on books, newspapers, photos, etc. when
a scanner wasn't available.<br>
But the results were always depending on lighting (flash spots),
jitter and so forth.<br>
One of my birthday gifts this year was a Flip-Pal portable scanner.<br>
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It's small enough to go in the laptop case for genealogy trips.<br>
Might make a nice device for a library Genealogy Section, as easier
on the items being scanned.<br>
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Light weight, battery operated, 4GB SD card, SD to USB adapter,
300/600 dpi<br>
Scans up to 4x6 as a typical scanner. Remove lid and flip to scan
books, newspapers, etc.<br>
Has stitching s/w for larger areas.<br>
LCD screen shows scanned image. (Shown in second left side photo)<br>
Light bar/scanner travels across the item. (Shown in upper right
photo)<br>
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Turn on, position the item, press side button to scan.<br>
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The two text images below were first scanned at 300dpi.<br>
The Preservation image was as a regular scanner, the news article
with the scanner flipped.<br>
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Then Snipping Tool used to put in OpenOffice Draw with the camera
images.<br>
Then the sizes reduced to fit the page<br>
Printed to a pdf then Scanning Tool used again to make the single
image below.<br>
Even after all that, still readable.<br>
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<img src="cid:part1.00010309.06010906@gmail.com" alt=""><br>
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Another gift was an original April 15, 1945 NY Times. Digital camera
photo below.<br>
The above Roosevelt section was scanned directly from the newspaper.<br>
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<img src="cid:part2.02080805.05030208@gmail.com" alt=""><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="80">--
R. W. (Bob) Neeper
(Retired Toledo Scale Engineer & Computer Guy)
Volunteering at:
Community Library
44 Burrer Dr.
Sunbury, Oh 43074
Tel: (740)-965-3901</pre>
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