Re: hobby electronics

On 7/8/2024 10:31 AM, Don Y wrote:

On 7/8/2024 6:45 AM, BillGill wrote:
 

There is some software that works with some cameras that will
send the images directly to the computer.

 But, would it show "viewfinder" images or just *snapped* images?
I.e., could you use the images delivered "in real time" at
the computer to PREVIEW the photos that will be snapped?  Or,
does it only transfer the images after they have been taken?
(which would be more tedious to try to use to align the book)
 

Some software may work that way.  What I used was set it uSome software may work that way.  What I used was set it up
and then take the pictures pretty much blind.

 The point was that the approach makes it easier to access deeper
into the gutter.  I would imagine the builds that have the book face
up, opened to a pair of pages have to contend with pages infringing
on the gutter as the position *in* the book changes (and more paper
piles up on one side or the other)
 

That was one of the reasons for my design of the KISS scanner.

No.  The PDF is a (lossless) photo of the page.  For "pocket books"
(i.e., the paperbacks of the 60's), my ereader screens are large
enough that it is as if I was holding the original book in my hand
(but only seeing recto or verso page-at-a-time).
 

One advantage of the EPUB format is that it can be read on
any size device, including a phone, although I for one can
not imagine trying to read on a phone.

 [Imagine finding yourself in an extended care facility (stroke,
mobility, blindness, injury, etc.) and never really being able to
return home to PERSONALLY sort out YOUR things.  "Imposing" that
task (chore!) on someone else -- and wondering what might not
be happening as YOU would have intended, had you been present to
"supervise" the activity]

I am only scanning in my collection of fiction books.  Sorting
them should be relatively easy, although my daughter is also
a reader, so she might have a problem sorting out the ones she
wants to keep.
Bill