 Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Inc. Scanning for Genealogists: Useful Links |
| ON SCANNING | ||
| A few scanning tips (online book) The best online resource for scanning! |
http://www.scantips.com/ | |
A few scanning tips: links to…
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| To scan or not to scan (reasons not to scan) | http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/extra/3416.asp | |
| To scan or not to scan - Revisited (reasons to scan) | http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/extra/3486.asp | |
| Ulead Scanning Tips | http://www.ulead.com/learning/web6/page1.htm | |
| Scanners and Scanning | http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/61_chronicle.html | |
| Scanning Photos for Genealogy | http://fp.sedona.net/genealogy/past5.htm | |
| Tips on Scanning (Great stamps!) | http://www.pgacon.com/tips_on_scanning.htm | |
| Digital Album (for genealogists) | http://www.city-gallery.com/digital/index.html | |
Cyndi's List:
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| Digital Library Guide | http://www.rlg.org/visguides/index.html | |
| How to Scan a Book (used for a fast reading method) | http://www.proportionalreading.com/scan.html | |
| Scanning Resolution Calculator | http://www.cam.org/~stanz/scanning.html | |
| TravelKiosk: Digitizing a Slide | http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html | |
| How to Scan 35mm Slides on a Flatbed Scanner | http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com/essays/scanning/ Backlighter.html |
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| Copyright Clearance Center | http://www.copyright.com/ | |
| ON SCANNERS | ||
| Flatbed Scanners Comparison Chart | http://www.bhphotovideo.com/Framework/charts/ flatbedScannersAll.html |
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| Photographic Scanners | http://members.aol.com/sheelycs/scanners.html | |
| REVIEWS: Look for editor's choice awards. | ||
| Mac Central / Mac Week | http://maccentral.macworld.com/ | |
| Mac World | http://www.macworld.com/ | |
| PC Magazine / ZDNet | http://www.zdnet.com/products/ | |
| PC World | http://www.pcworld.com/ | |
| Also check links provided by A few scanning tips | ||
| PRICE COMPARISON: Books, Scanners, Software, Paper, Cartridges, Etc. | ||
| Bookfinder | http://www.bookfinder.com/ | |
| Inkjet & Toner Cartridges | https://yourcartridges.com/ | |
| http://www.printpal.com/ | ||
| http://www.inksell.com/ | ||
| http://store.yahoo.net/ink4ever2003/ | ||
| http://www.ink-coupon.com/printpals/ | ||
| Pricing Central | http://www.pricingcentral.com/ | |
| Search Enginez (rated sites) | http://www.searchenginez.com/ | |
| [Examples of rated sites, in order: DealTime, PriceGrabber, PriceWatch, AllBookStores, AddAll, iBuyer.net, CNET Shopper (Computer Shopper), PriceSCAN, ISBN.nu, MySimon, Smartshop, StreetPrices, NexTag, eCompare, etc.] | ||
| HARDWARE | ||
| Tom's Hardware Guide | http://www.tomshardware.com/ | |
| Ace's Hardware | http://www.aceshardware.com/ | |
| PC Technology Guide | http://www.pctechguide.com/ | |
| PCBuyersGuide | http://pcbuyersguide.com/index.shtml http://pcbuyersguide.com/hardware/scanners/index.html |
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| SOFTWARE | ||
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Scanner Drivers Update or upgrade your driver. Also available on AOL and CompuServe forums. | |
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Driver Zone | http://www.driverzone.com/ |
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Windows Drivers | http://www.windrivers.com/ |
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Drivers HQ | http://www.drivershq.com/ |
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Software Sources | |
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Tucows (shareware) | http://www.tucows.com/ |
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CNET Shareware | http://shareware.cnet.com/ |
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ZDNet (freeware, shareware) | http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/2001-20-0.html?legacy=cnet |
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NoNags (freeware) | http://www.nonags.com/ |
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Photo & Image Editors (best choices) When the bundled software isn't enough, upgrade to one of these. Also, check out their many FAQs and how-to pages. | |
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Adobe Photoshop ($609) | http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html |
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Paint Shop Pro ($99) | http://www.jasc.com/ |
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Adobe Photoshop Elements ($99) | http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/main.html |
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Broderbund, Print Shop Deluxe ($49) | http://www.broderbund.com/ |
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ArcSoft PhotoMontage ($40) ArcSoft PhotoImpression ($50) ArcSoft PhotoStudio ($50) |
http://www.arcsoft.com/en/products/photosoftware.asp |
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Other Adobe Products | http://www.adobe.com/products/main.html |
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Scanner Interface (best choices) | |
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HP PrecisionScan LT | http://www.hp.com/ |
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Presto! PageManager ($50) | http://www.newsoftinc.com/ |
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PageGenie 98, shareware ($10) - color scanning | http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_view.asp?application=8271 |
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PageGenie 4.0 Pro, freeware (free) | http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_view.asp?application=2393 |
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (best choices) | |
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SoftBase Top 100 OCR | http://softbase.150m.com/top45.html |
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Caere, OmniPage Pro Office ($500-600) | http://www.scansoft.com/omnipage/ |
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Xerox, TextBridge Pro ($80) | http://www.scansoft.com/textbridge/ |
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Visioneer, Pro OCR 100 | http://www.visioneer.com/ |
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Utilities (best choices) | |
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PanaVue, Image Assembler ($64) - stitch scan segments | http://www.panavue.com/ |
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ACDSee, image library ($50) - the favorite, very fast | http://www.acdsystems.com/ |
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LView Pro, image library ($50) | http://www.lview.com/ |
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WinZip, file compression for IBM ($29) | http://www.winzip.com/ |
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Stuffit, file compression for Mac ($29) | http://www.aladdinsys.com/ |
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GraphicConverter, Mac ($30) | http://www.lemkesoft.de/ |
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SmartSaver Pro, optimize web images ($60) | http://www.ulead.com/ |
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