[ale] flatbed scanner

[Alex Carver]

On 2016-01-04 11:49, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> 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

The LiDE scanners are by far the best I've ever used if all you need is
scanning.  I have an older LiDE 70 and it works fantastically well.