Re: scanners (handheld, 256 grayscale)

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From: Sharon O'Neil
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 05:30

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aa479@Freenet.carleton.ca (Michael Wolff) writes:

>Hi!  I've been looking around at handheld 256 grayscale scanners, but there's
>not too much written up about them.  What do you recommend?  Has anyone heard of
>the Envisions ENV256?  What's it like (tech specs, etc.)?  What about OCR
>software?  Imaging software?

I have a Scanman 256/Logitech.  If you want to do OCR, don't bother with
a handheld, because it is way too time consuming.  Imaging is what handhelds
do best and then mostly I've found that I use it for desktop publishing.
I don't try to do funky wild things like scan in gifs.

Really, you need to assess just /what/ you want the thing for and then 
purchase accordingly.

Sharon
oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu

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