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Mike's Place · 02-04-2008, 02:05 AM

Hi Andy,

Nice to meet another person using the reader for mathematics. I was a math major (some years back) and I hope to return as a graduate next year, so I'm boning up. I've collected PDF's and converted them to LRF's using PDFLRFwin-0.99 found on this forum. It works great! I have not yet OCR'd any of my books but OCR software nowadays must be able to read around figures and tables (including handwriting) and include them as an image... si? I have a big industrial Toshiba copier at my company that OCR's automatically to the company shared server. I should try it out.

I've separated my materials into major groups on separate SD cards (algebra, topology, analysis, etc.) including problems sets and solutions. Occasionally you can find smaller SD cards for a buck or two. I have one card just for power series stuff (combinatorics, poly, differential eq. sols.). I was a programmer and Unix admin at one time so I need to scan some of my favorite references.

I've organized everything into a small case (actually a bible case), similar to yours (with a notebook and pencils), along with a book light and small magnifier... and a big eraser. I'm still looking for a compact little card holder that I can velcro into my case.

Thanks for giving us the run-down on your system.

Are you going to UTA?

Mike

02-04-2008, 02:05 AM	#9
Mike's Place Pull up a chair Posts: 58 Karma: 113 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Francisco, East Bay Device: PRS-505	Hi Andy, Nice to meet another person using the reader for mathematics. I was a math major (some years back) and I hope to return as a graduate next year, so I'm boning up. I've collected PDF's and converted them to LRF's using PDFLRFwin-0.99 found on this forum. It works great! I have not yet OCR'd any of my books but OCR software nowadays must be able to read around figures and tables (including handwriting) and include them as an image... si? I have a big industrial Toshiba copier at my company that OCR's automatically to the company shared server. I should try it out. I've separated my materials into major groups on separate SD cards (algebra, topology, analysis, etc.) including problems sets and solutions. Occasionally you can find smaller SD cards for a buck or two. I have one card just for power series stuff (combinatorics, poly, differential eq. sols.). I was a programmer and Unix admin at one time so I need to scan some of my favorite references. I've organized everything into a small case (actually a bible case), similar to yours (with a notebook and pencils), along with a book light and small magnifier... and a big eraser. I'm still looking for a compact little card holder that I can velcro into my case. Thanks for giving us the run-down on your system. Are you going to UTA? Mike