<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma">
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421142221-02062006>I recently worked with a
Fujitsu flatbed with ADF. It wasn't fast, but the Fujitsu scanning software that
came with the scanner had the color dropout feature that I just love. The folks
who owned the scanner had been using OmniPage to scan, and when I showed them
the way the Fujitsu's own scanning software could drop out the orange highlight
on a book they had to do, they couldn't believe it. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421142221-02062006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421142221-02062006>So remember that whatever
scanner you get (and there are many nice little Canon's and Fujitsu's
available), make sure you also look at the software that is included for running
the scanner.</SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>Gaeir</FONT> <FONT face=Arial>(rhymes with
"fire")</FONT> <FONT face=Arial>Dietrich</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>Alternate Media Training Specialist</FONT><FONT
face=Arial></FONT> <FONT face=Arial>/</FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <FONT
face=Arial>Instructor</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>High
Tech Center Training Unit</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial>De
Anza College, Cupertino, CA</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial>408.996.6043</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><A
href="http://www.htctu.net/"><SPAN lang=en-us><U></U><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>www.htctu.net</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN> </P>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Kilcommons,Cath<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 02, 2006 11:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Access Technologists in Higher Education Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Athen]
Scanner<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006>Gerry Nies wrote - "We
are looking at a mid priced scanner ie. cheaper than a 5080, would like to keep
at or under $1000.<SPAN class=890252817-02062006>"</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006><SPAN
class=890252817-02062006>At Colorado State, w</SPAN>e have used the Epson
Perfection scanners (with doc feeder) for our student's AT stations, and
have had good results interfacing them with most all of our AT programs.
Although their native scanning interface, the Epson interface, is not great,
they can be set up with the WIA or TWAIN drivers, and have never given us any
problems. The doc feeder is more expensive than the scanner itself,
interestingly enough. The Perfection 3170 with ADF runs about 400$ - doc
feeder can hold 30 pages.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006>We also have used Fujitsu
flatbeds with doc feeders that we inherited from our library. These older
Fujitsu's have been real workhorses, and we found good access to drivers through
Fujitsu Canada. I have heard some good things about the ScanParnter 15C...
that runs around 700$, and includes the ADF.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006>Best of
luck,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006>Cath</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=890252817-02062006><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P align=left><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">++++++<BR></FONT>Cath
Stager-Kilcommons<BR>ACCESS Project<BR>Access Specialist<BR>Assistive
Technology Resource Center (ATRC)<BR>Colorado State
University<BR>970-491-0788<BR><A
href="http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/">http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/ATRC/</A><BR>cathk@cahs.colostate.edu
</P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000"> </DIV></BODY></HTML>