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Restaurant Menu

First, here are some comments about scanning restaurant menus in general.

Given the countless variety of menu styles from laminated sheets with odd

fonts to ones that come folded with a large hardback outer case that is larger

than the 8/12 x 11 inch ACE/ROL scanning field, there are dozens of variables

about how well the device will be able to read a menu. Certainly a one-column

menu on a flat sheet in typical font with a good contrast for the print will be

something that typically reads with great accuracy. Variables like symbols,

menus that have multiple columns with text that changes from paragraph form

to a table with prices on same page make reading more difficult. While many

menus are laminated and can cast a glare, and many come in book form and

don't lay flat, it is helpful that a great number of restaurants post their menus

online. For those who use computers or who have access to having someone

print a menu from the Internet, using the printed flat, non-glare page for

scanning can solve many of those problems.

Although the example below is one out of an exponential amount of menu

styles, it gives a general idea of a couple of minor barriers, how to get the best

read in that context, and what to expect from your device.

Here's a description menu sample we used:

An 8 ½ X 11 inch tri-folded restaurant menu printed in black ink on white paper.

The menu is laid out in three columns. Categories of food appear underlined in

a bold, slightly non-traditional font. Food choices are listed in bold type in the

same font, but are all capital letters. The description of each food choice dish is

in italics in a more traditional regular-face type. Next to several of the dishes,

there is a graphic design indicating the spice level. The menu has a total of 438

words on one side.

Average time to start reading unfolded three-column menu after scan button is

pressed: 13 seconds.

Average time to start reading menu folded with one column under the camera:

8 seconds.