Scanners & Digitizing Equipment
Please always bring an empty USB drive 8-64 GB
Epson Rapid Photo Scanner
Stations 1 & 2
Fastest scanner (85 pictures per minute @ 300dpi)
Best for scanning photos and documents
Scans front and back with optional enhancement feature
Necessary Preparations:
Remove all material, dirt and sticky residue from photos before coming.
Organize photos by size landscape orientation & upside down
Organize photos based on where you want them stored on your USB drive
Epson Large Flatbed Scanner
Stations 1 & 2
Best for scanning large scrapbooks (full page)
Max size 12.2" x 17.2"
300-1200 dpi resolution
Easy built-in photo-fix software
Necessary Preparations:
Remove all material, dirt and sticky residue from photos before coming.
Organize photos or pages based on where you want them stored on your USB drive
Letter/Legal Page Scanner
Station 3
Black and white auto-feed, scan printed text letter/legal flat sheets to empty USB drive. No printing available.
Necessary Preparations:
Organize papers by letter or legal size, single or double sided, into groups based on folders desired in your USB drive.
Audio Recording Studio
& Web Training
Station 4
Includes a private Discovery Station
Record from large screen, 5 minute Audio to FamilySearch person pages on your account.
Record from small screen, unlimited Audio to your flash drive.
A fun discovery activity for family or group of 2-12 people
Record special events and stories, including major life changes to share with family and friends. Consider graduations, mission calls, promotions, and annual birthday or anniversary interviews.
This station can also be reserved to attend RootsTech classes, meet with online FamilySearch Library Consultants, BYU Family History Missionaries, etc.
Necessary Preparations:
Print or download Story Room Recording and Journaling Ideas here and review preferences before coming.
VHS & SVHS Tape Digitizer Station 5
Equipment upscales and captures, in real-time, video from VHS and SVHS or Compact VHS-C tapes to MP4 format directly your USB drive. A two-hour video will use about 4G of USB storage.
Fast Forward and Rewind tapes for best playback quality after long storage times.
Do not bring tapes with commercial content or copyrighted material.
Necessary Preparations:
Empty USB drive 8-64GB USB 3.0 is strongly recommended. This converter may erase any existing files.
Kodak Negative & Slide Digitizer Station 6
This scanner converts 35mm, 126, 110 negatives and slides into positive jpg. image files. It is connected to a large screen monitor for easy viewing
Necessary Preparations:
Organize slides to maximize time on the scanner - orient them to Landscape view
Blow or brush dust off slides to ensure the best quality image
Organize photos based on where you want them stored on your USB drive
Book Scanner
Station 7
Best for bound books and periodicals
Will photograph Small heirlooms such as buckles, jewelry, watches, and etc.
Page curvature software correction
Scans to JPG
Converts to PDF
OCR software converts scanned text from JPG images to editable Word documents
Necessary Preparations:
Organize pages, books or periodicals based on where you want them stored on your USB drive
Audio Cassette Digitizer
Station 8
This unit converts audio cassette tapes to a mp3 digital format in real time: 30 minutes of audio will take 30 minutes to capture. Monitoring the audio is done with headphones during the session.
The digital files are stored directly onto a dedicated USB drive. Allow about 10 minutes at the end to transfer audio files to your own USB drive
Do not bring tapes with commercial content or copyrighted material.
Necessary Preparations:
Fast forward & rewind tapes to equalize tension for a smoother conversion.
8mm & Super 8 Film Digitizer
Station 9
This unit converts 8mm and super 8 films to a MP4 file. It takes seven minutes to convert one minute of film. For example, it will take fifty-six minutes to convert an eight-minute film.
Allow about 10 minutes at the end to transfer MP4 files to your USB drive.
Do not bring tapes with commercial content or copyrighted material
Necessary Preparations:
Fast forward & rewind tapes to equalize tension for a smoother conversion.
Epson Small Flatbed Scanner Station 10
Best for scanning small scrapbook pages and documents
Max size 8.5" x 11"
300-1200 dpi resolution
Necessary Preparations:
Remove all material, dirt and sticky residue from photos and pages.
Organize photos, pages or documents based on where you want them stored on your USB drive