On 2019-07-19 6:36 a.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 7/18/19 10:01 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > >> I have a lot more to say about the wisdom of destroying original publications >> to scan them, especially when you are not already an expert at scanning and >> the many tradeoffs. >> But have to go afk just now. > > It would seem to be possible today. Perhaps with a laser scanner that > also determines the focal plane of the area of the text it's trying to scan? >
There are both software (e.g. some of Matt Zucker's code) and hardware (e.g. what google does) solutions for this, and published research on related matters. --Toby > I'm sure there must be something like this. > > --Chuck > >