The Meridian Idaho East FamilySearch Center has a variety of media equipment and services available to assist you in preserving your photos and memories. Patrons must supply a SD card or USB drive to store converted media.
8mm & Super 8 Film Digitization
Station #9
Converts 8mm and Super 8 films to mp4 format. Conversions take about 10 minutes per minute of reel, so leave enough time in your schedule to finish. Walk-ins are welcome. However, it is best to schedule an appointment to use this equipment.
Fast 35mm Slide Scanner
Station #11
The SlideSnap Pro Fast 35 mm Slide Scanner can scan slides at a rate of up to 30 slides/minute using an
80-slide carousel. It does take some time to load the carousel and start the process, but once it is going
the scanner is very fast. It supports a range of scan image photo sizes and compression ratios to trade
off picture quality verses file size.
Slide and Negative Digitization
Converts 35mm, 126, 110 and Super 8 and 8mm film negatives and slides to JPEGS in seconds.
High Speed Photo Scanner
Stations #7 & #8
Save some time scanning your family photos with our high speed photo scanner. Two scanners are available. Scanning is about 3 seconds per photo.
Flatbed Scanner with Optical Character Recognition
Station #5
The HP Scanjet G3110 offers a range of picture scanning options and enhancements. The flatbed
scanners are preferred for fragile photographs and photographs removed from albums that have
adhesives that prevent them from being used in the fast photo scanners. It is much slower than the fast photo scanners. The library’s HP Scanjet G4050 offers similar picture scanning capability.
The G3110 scanner software includes optical character recognition software that can convert clean text
images to computer-readable documents that can be edited.
Flatbed Scanner with Transparent Media Adapter for Slides and Negatives
Station #4
Epson Perfection V600 Photo Flatbed Scanner scans photos. After reconfiguration with a film adapter, it can medium format negatives, 35 mm slides and negatives.
Book and Document Scanner
Station #10
The CZUR Aura Pro book and document scanner can scan text documents and books such as personal journals. For document scanning, the scanner locates the documents on its scanning mat without requiring precise document placement. For scanning books, the operator aligns the center of the open page on the scanning mat. The scanner makes a preliminary scan with three laser beams, measuring the curvature of the pages. It then simultaneously captures the left and right pages and uses proprietary
software to remove the curvature from the scan and save a flattened scan image. With practice an
operator can scan at a rate of 2 pages/second.
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Digitizing and Editing Audio Cassettes
Between Stations #3 and #4
Digitize standard and micro audio cassettes to WAV or MP3 files.
Digitizing VHS and Hi8 Video Cassettes
Station #11
Digitize VHS, VHS-C, SVHS, and Hi8 Video Cassettes to MP4 files
Digitizing DVT, MiniDV, HDV 1080i Video Cassettes
Between Stations #1 and #2
Digitizing DVT, MiniDV, HDV 1080i Video Cassettes to MP4 files.
Media Reader and Editing Tools
Station #6
This station has a CD/DVD reader, a 3.5-inch floppy disk reader, a flash drive reader that supports Compact Flash, Secure Digital, Micro SC/Trans Flash, and Memory Stick. It also has software tools enabling audio CD and DVD conversion, photo and video editing. The Guest Profile document describes how to securely access the internet from the center computers.
Editing PDF Documents with Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat Pro enables editing and compressing of PDF files such as those generated by FSC document scanning equipment. This software is available on all stations that have scanning and digitizing equipment.
Copy Machine
The center’s copy machine can scan documents and photos straight to your FamilySearch account. The copy machine does not require a SD card or USB drive.
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