Scanners & Digitizing Equipment

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