Brian: >From an item on boingboing, an instructable on building a book scanner. Unbelievably, they wrote a windows app to convert the images to .pdf's. I do not think the app does ocr.
http://www.instructables.com/id/SGP6LHRFTM72YMN/ Carl On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 22:38 -0600, brian at amason.net wrote: > Actually there are dedicated devices to do this type of thing. Goggle > would be nuts to build one. You have to be careful with those old books. > Goggle is probably using a set up similar to what the Mormons do for > filming the old Church Books. > > Brian > > On Tue, December 1, 2009 5:09 pm, Herbert Carl Meyer wrote: > > I think this is the approach google is using for google books. I read > > something a few months ago about a patent application involving a bit of > > trig to correct for tilted pages. Google it ? > > > > Carl > > > > On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 14:21 -0600, brian at amason.net wrote: > >> I don't see why you couldn't import the pictures into your scanning > >> application and manipulate them that way. The previous suggestion to use > >> Gimp to clean them up first is an excellent idea. Also, if you are > >> planning on making this a long term solution, you might want to make a > >> frame to hold your item to be scanned and a mount for the camera, along > >> with a good white light source to completely illuminate the subject > >> matter. > >> > >> Something that could be done for a few bucks, pick up a big cheap framed > >> picture from a swap meet or thrift store, get an old piece of plywood > >> (or > >> a new one, a pair of hinges, a pair of sticks screwed together at 90 > >> degrees, a pair of brackets, and some velcro straps for the camera. > >> Voila, > >> improv scanner stand! > >> > >> ___======= > >> [___] [] > >> [] > >> / [] > >> / [] > >> / [] > >> / [] > >> . [] > >> =================== > >> > >> > >> Definitely has a bit of a maker type of thing, and it'd be cheaper to > >> just > >> buy a cheap linux friendly scanner than make the above. Of course the > >> above design could be easily improved upon with the addition of a pair > >> of > >> worm screws and motors, and a control circuit. You could easily build > >> yourself an awesome plotter sized "scanner". hmmm... > >
