tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post2003478975986743408..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Experiments w/ Beatles 50 Fabulous Years book & a mobile scanner. UpdateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-67999048480016548442011-04-19T10:29:55.643-07:002011-04-19T10:29:55.643-07:00Also, I'm certain I've seen tabletop camer...Also, I'm certain I've seen tabletop camera rigs that let you mount a camera above media that is laid flat on the table. With good lighting, USB tether, you can capture directly to a laptop. Very fast, with resolution sufficient for OCR. But I must have spent half an hour looking for such a thing at B&H. <br /><br />As for Book Saver, I hope it is not just vapor. One does question the wisdom of inventing a product name with the initials 'BS' however... :)Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-79870499083734021852011-04-18T12:45:32.316-07:002011-04-18T12:45:32.316-07:00My Firefox 4 wiped my response somehow. 2nd time i...My Firefox 4 wiped my response somehow. 2nd time it's happened when I switched to another page. <br /><br /> Re slowness, the Flip-Pal takes about 7 seconds to do an image using 600 dpi scanning. NOT something you'd want for full pages (though you can do full pages with it, even posters, on a one-at-a-time basis). <br /><br /> Have you seen the <a href="http://amzn.to/canonscanner9000f" rel="nofollow">Canon CanoScan 9000F</a> ?<br /><br /> Faster than most home level scanners and a great price for what you get, at $180 or so, but you'd need good OCR software added. <br /><br />The Book Saver looks very intriguing but I'd be surprised if it was that inexpensive and effective at the same time! Let us know when you see more on this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-84215001133377373592011-04-18T11:35:29.607-07:002011-04-18T11:35:29.607-07:00The problem with flatbed scanners is that they are...The problem with flatbed scanners is that they are inherently SLOW. With the right software, they can make up for some of this in convenience (and in the case of Flip-Pal, at least it doesn't require a computer connection). In principle, a digital camera that can capture an entire page in the fraction of a second is a better starting point, but such an approach suffers from the lack of turnkey solutions.<br /><br />Most of the material I want to digitize and convert is in the form of out of print and often delicate books. Flatbed scanners are too slow to handle more than a few pages at a time, and scans often result in warping next to the binding edge (especially when you are trying to avoid damage to the binding). That can throw off accuracy of OCR and greatly increase the effort required for a quality result.<br /><br />A solution optimized around this specific requirement is particularly attractive to me. So I'm waiting for this gadget to become available:<br />http://www.ionaudio.com/booksaver<br /><br />It is supposed to sell for $189 MSRP, hopefully closer to $150 at retailers like Amazon or B&H. The bundled software is likely to be crap, but since Book Saver is probably just capturing JPEG one can use any number of other tools for post processing the images. I hope it will allow you to adjust the JPEG compression to suit the project at hand, or offer lossless capture (TIFF) as an option where the material has photos and images.Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-44212044841942024882011-04-18T08:39:36.569-07:002011-04-18T08:39:36.569-07:00Hoho...really interesting story.... "Ooohh..D...Hoho...really interesting story.... "Ooohh..Darling...please belive me..." hehe ....<br />Best regards and have a nice day....Komodo Island is the New 7 Wonders of The Worldhttp://free-7.blogspot.com/2011/02/komodo-island-is-new-7-wonders-of-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com