[ale] flatbed scanner

[pizza at shaftnet.org (Solomon Peachy)]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 12:58:12PM -0600, Todor Fassl wrote:
> My flatbed scanner died recently. I'm blind and I need a flatbed scanner to
> OCR my mail and books and stuff. Anybody have a recommendation for a linux
> compatible flatbed scanner for use with tesseract?  I don't evn know how
> much I should expect to pay. I see scanners out there for $200 and others
> for $1200.

If you don't need a document feeder or the ability to scan negatives, I 
recently picked up a Canon LiDE220 for $80.  Works great with the most 
recent SANE release.

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy        		       pizza at shaftnet dot org
Delray Beach, FL                          ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^
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