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On 7/7/2024 6:41 AM, BillGill wrote:There is some software that works with some cameras that willOn 7/6/2024 12:28 PM, Don Y wrote:If the USB i/f worked, you wouldn't need the mirror (?)Yes -- definitely true of "pocket books". Do you have>
to take care in positioning the book to ensure it is in the
cameras' focused field? I.e., the scanner approach automatically
crops the image to the actual page size so you just load pages
and wait -- to load MORE pages.
I am using my own KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) scanner, which
I designed myself. I originally called it a Tower Scanner, but
changed the name when I realized that I had made it as simple
as possible.
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I posted a description of it on DIY Book Scanner, at:
https://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=22274&hilit=tower+scanner#p22274
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As you can see I have a mirror in the base of the scanner
that I used to verify that the page is correctly placed. It
doesn't zoom in to fit the page, it just overscans.
Your approach seems more like the Reading Machine usedWell, I see that the way the book is set on the scanner is
(in "paper handling") -- though it used a moving camera-illuminator
to scan the actual page (which meant the book had to remain in place for
a considerable length of time):
<https://life.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/Harvey-Lauer-with-Kurzweil-Reading-Machine-1200x819.png>
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Since I have the original scans in the computer, rather than runningI don't do much manipulation of the images before I OCR them.All OCR tools "have problems". My scanner will do OCR but then I
I use Abby Finereader 14 which does a pretty good job of
picking out the text. I stick with 14 because it works good
and newer versions are only available as subscriptions.
lose the original images (so how do I sort out what the OCR *should* have
been once the original is gone?). I've also had some luck with
Omnipage.
Does the PDF reflow the text so that the text size is the sameUnderstand that I am making ebooks that I can carry around onThe PDF doesn't have to get the text correct; it can store the
different devises, not PDFs that can also be viewed on different
devices, but don't necessarily have all the text correct.
image of the page (and let your eyes/brain do the OCR).
I can store the OCRed text "behind" the image so that you can select
the text with your cursor (in a PC application). But, again, you
are stuck relying on the quality of the OCR algorithm.
As I say, I prefer real books, and have the space to keep them.And I don't digitize technical books. They are a whole differentAs my goal is to be rid of dead trees, I have no choice in the
proposition, with lots of finicky illustrations. Not something
that I would like to try to digitize.
matter. Even discarding (scanning) all of my "paperbacks" leaves me
with a few hundred cubic feet of paper.
Also I don't want to destroy my paper books. I like readingAgreed. But, if you are proactively safeguarding your collection against
books on paper. After all that is how I grew up.
the possibility of downsizing into a different living situation, you've
already decided that they will be discarded -- even if not "destroyed".
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