Re: CCTV use with PCs
Dorene Cornwell <[email protected]> Tue, 13 May 2008 14:19:35 EDT
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-------------------------------1210702775 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This might be some sort of naive questions, and I have not read the vendor info yet, but I am going to ask anyway: --I assume in some cases one would want to save a screen shot, but in other cases one would want to save everything on the projection field, not just everything that shows up on the screen. What options, scanner or CCTV make this easiest? --I would sort of expect that a CCTV screen capture would save images at sufficient resolution to allow the files to be run through OCR software, but it would occur to me to check. --I know for some documents such as manuscripts or drawing, saving the image will have to be sufficient, but why would one choose a CCTV over a scanner that also has the ability to do OCR so print content could be read by a screen reader or other text processing? --Are there issues about the format of the things to be read or some reason that a CCTV might offer less damaging exposure to light than a scanner? Anyway I would be very curious to know what solution is decided on. Best regards. DoreneC In a message dated 5/13/2008 11:07:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Janice: Thank you for suggesting the Zoom-Ex. I've left a voice mail for Heater. We have the Zoom-Ex here at the Lighthouse so I've invited her to come and see it in action. Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician Adaptive Technology Center Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 1850 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) [email protected] AIM Screen Name: tclhelp -----Original Message----- From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jknuth Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] CCTV use with PCs Hello Heather, Take a look at Zoom Ex. Go to http://www.abisee.com/html/zoomex_products_zoom_ex2.htm. If you have questions, you can call the manufacturer and ask them. Janice Knuth Celebrating 10 years of Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library Janice L. Knuth, MSW, LSW Assistive Technology Funding Coordinator & Low Vision Specialist Institute on Disabilities Temple University 1601 North Broad Street, USB 610 Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-5397 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message is legally privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author immediately by replying to this message and delete the original message. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Smedberg Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VICUG-L] CCTV use with PCs Hello, I am a librarian shopping around for CCTVs to provide for researchers at our library, and I could use some help. We are very interested in products that are PC compatible and would allow our users to capture the magnified image to a PC for saving, emailing, or printing. Ours is a research and rare books library, and since our books do not circulate out of the building, photocopying is a big part of how people do research. Screen capture from the CCTV would eliminate the burdensome extra steps of requesting photocopies or digital scans from our books and would be a real benefit to our readers. I've seen reviews of several laptop compatible models that specifically mention screen capture, but as of yet, I can't nail down if the mere fact that a CCTV is "PC compatible" means that screen capture to the PC is a feature. The laptop compatible models will not work for our purposes at the library, but a PC compatible model is an option I believe I could argue for. I'm pleased with many optical and ergonomic features of the Optelec ClearView+ series, but haven't been able to ascertain if the PC compatible model or others like it can be used it the way I've described. Do any of you have experience using PC compatible CCTVs, or understand the technology well enough to offer me advice? Is screen capture typically a feature, and if so, does it require additional software? On behalf of our library community, I greatly appreciate any and all advice! Best Regards, Heather Smedberg General Collections Librarian Newberry Library Chicago, Illlinois 60610 312-255-3641 VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] -------------------------------1210702775 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>This might be some sort of naive questions, and I have not read the ven= dor=20 info yet, but I am going to ask anyway:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--I assume in some cases one would want to save a screen shot, but in o= ther=20 cases one would want to save everything on the projection field, not just=20 everything that shows up on the screen. What options, scanner or CCTV make t= his=20 easiest?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--I would sort of expect that a CCTV screen capture would save ima= ges=20 at sufficient resolution to allow the files to be run through OCR software,=20= but=20 it would occur to me to check. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--I know for some documents such as manuscripts or drawing, saving the=20 image will have to be sufficient, but why would one choose a CCTV over a sca= nner=20 that also has the ability to do OCR so print content could be read by a scre= en=20 reader or other text processing?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--Are there issues about the format of the things to be read or some re= ason=20 that a CCTV might offer less damaging exposure to light than a scanner?</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway I would be very curious to know what solution is decided on.</DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best regards.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>DoreneC</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/13/2008 11:07:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,=20 [email protected] writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Hi=20 Janice:<BR><BR>Thank you for suggesting the Zoom-Ex. I've left a voi= ce=20 mail for<BR>Heater. We have the Zoom-Ex here at the Lighthouse so I'= ve=20 invited her<BR>to come and see it in action.<BR><BR>Ray Campbell, Help Des= k=20 Technician<BR>Adaptive Technology Center<BR>Chicago Lighthouse for People=20= Who=20 Are Blind or Visually Impaired<BR>1850 W. Roosevelt Road<BR>Chicago, IL&nb= sp;=20 60608<BR>312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or<BR>888-825-0080=20 (voice/Relay)<BR>[email protected] <BR>AIM Screen Name:=20 tclhelp <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Visually Impaired Comp= uter=20 Users' Group List<BR>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of=20 jknuth<BR>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:52 PM<BR>To:=20 [email protected]<BR>Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] CCTV use with=20 PCs<BR><BR>Hello Heather,<BR><BR>Take a look at Zoom Ex. Go=20 to<BR>http://www.abisee.com/html/zoomex_products_zoom_ex2.htm. If yo= u=20 have<BR>questions, you can call the manufacturer and ask them.<BR><BR>Jani= ce=20 Knuth<BR><BR>Celebrating 10 years of Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology=20 Lending<BR>Library<BR><BR>Janice L. Knuth, MSW, LSW<BR>Assistive Technolog= y=20 Funding Coordinator & Low Vision Specialist<BR>Institute on Disabiliti= es=20 Temple University<BR>1601 North Broad Street, USB 610<BR>Philadelphia, PA=20 19122<BR>215-204-5397<BR><BR>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information conta= ined=20 in this message is<BR>legally privileged and confidential information inte= nded=20 for the use of<BR>the individual or entity named above. If the reader of t= his=20 message is<BR>not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent respons= ible=20 to<BR>deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that=20 any<BR>release, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this=20 communication<BR>is strictly prohibited. If you have received this=20 communication in<BR>error, please notify the author immediately by replyin= g to=20 this message<BR>and delete the original message. Thank you.=20 <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Visually Impaired Computer Use= rs'=20 Group List<BR>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather=20 Smedberg<BR>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:50 PM<BR>To:=20 [email protected]<BR>Subject: [VICUG-L] CCTV use with=20 PCs<BR><BR>Hello,<BR><BR>I am a librarian shopping around for CCTVs to pro= vide=20 for researchers at<BR>our library, and I could use some help. We are very=20 interested in<BR>products that are PC compatible and would allow our users= to=20 capture the<BR>magnified image to a PC for saving, emailing, or printing.=20= Ours=20 is a<BR>research and rare books library, and since our books do not=20 circulate<BR>out of the building, photocopying is a big part of how people= =20 do<BR>research. Screen capture from the CCTV would eliminate the=20 burdensome<BR>extra steps of requesting photocopies or digital scans from=20= our=20 books<BR>and would be a real benefit to our readers.<BR><BR>I've seen revi= ews=20 of several laptop compatible models that specifically<BR>mention screen=20 capture, but as of yet, I can't nail down if the mere<BR>fact that a CCTV=20= is=20 "PC compatible" means that screen capture to the PC<BR>is a feature. The=20 laptop compatible models will not work for our<BR>purposes at the library,= but=20 a PC compatible model is an option I<BR>believe I could argue for.<BR><BR>= I'm=20 pleased with many optical and ergonomic features of the Optelec <BR>ClearV= iew+=20 series, but haven't been able to ascertain if the PC<BR>compatible model o= r=20 others like it can be used it the way I've<BR>described.<BR><BR>Do any of=20= you=20 have experience using PC compatible CCTVs, or understand <BR>the technolog= y=20 well enough to offer me advice?<BR>Is screen capture typically a feature,=20= and=20 if so, does it require <BR>additional software?<BR><BR>On behalf of our=20 library community, I greatly appreciate any and all<BR>advice!<BR><BR>Best= =20 Regards,<BR><BR>Heather Smedberg<BR>General Collections Librarian<BR>Newbe= rry=20 Library<BR>Chicago, Illlinois 60610<BR>312-255-3641<BR><BR><BR> &nbs= p;=20 VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.<BR>Archived on=20= the=20 World Wide Web at<BR> =20 http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html<BR> Signoff:=20 [email protected]<BR> Subscribe:= =20 [email protected]<BR><BR><BR> VICU= G-L=20 is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.<BR>Archived on the Worl= d=20 Wide Web at<BR> =20 http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html<BR> Signoff:=20 [email protected]<BR> Subscribe:= =20 [email protected]<BR><BR><BR> VICU= G-L=20 is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.<BR>Archived on the Worl= d=20 Wide Web at<BR> =20 http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html<BR> Signoff:=20 [email protected]<BR> Subscribe:= =20 [email protected]<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>= </FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style=3D"color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL= , SAN-SERIF;"><HR style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Wondering what's for Dinner Ton= ight? <A title=3D"http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=3Daolfod0003000000= 0001" href=3D"http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=3Daolfod00030000000001= " target=3D"_blank">Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food</A>.</FON= T></DIV></BODY></HTML> <hr> <p> Leave list: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"> [email protected]</a> <p> VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at <a href=3D"http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html">http://listserv.i cors.or g/archives/vicug-l.html</a> <p> Send questions on list operation to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected] "> [email protected]</a> -------------------------------1210702775--