Daniel Reetz, the founder of the DIY Book Scanner community, has recently started making videos of prototyping and shop tips. If you are tinkering with a book scanner (or any other project) in your home shop, these tips will come in handy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn0gq8 ... g_8K1nfInQ
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- 10 Jul 2014, 09:34
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Library cataloging software for personal collections?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12674
Re: Library cataloging software for personal collections?
I have the same problem. There's about 200 books on my 'wanted' list, and whilst I will only ever find about 10 of them at an affordable price, I don't know which 10, so I've been relying on my memory for the past decade, occasionally ending up with duplicates. It's not so bad when you can ebay them...
- 10 Jul 2014, 09:24
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7169
Re: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
I've finally read this book. Almost fell off my chair when a cardboard bookscanner made an appearance! A gripping book, though the ending wasn't quite as exciting as I was hoping for.
Sadly, the book gives the impression that this sort of technology isn't available to the average man on the street.
Sadly, the book gives the impression that this sort of technology isn't available to the average man on the street.
- 12 May 2014, 08:17
- Forum: Scanners and Build Threads
- Topic: Real-time OCR and Text-to-Speech with automatic page turning
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3498
Real-time OCR and Text-to-Speech with automatic page turning
This project seems partly insane but partly admirable. I'll leave you to make up your own minds. There's a camera, Raspberry Pi, and some Lego Mindstorms components used to flip a page, OCR, then read the words out loud with TTS (text-to-speech software). Nothing is stored, this is purely to read th...
- 24 Oct 2013, 08:37
- Forum: Cameras and Electronics
- Topic: Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18622
Re: Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600
I've just read the (independent, but raving) review at http://geekdad.com/2013/10/review-fujitsu-scansnap-sv600-overhead-scanner/ They claim the price is currently USD 795, which is approx GBP 492. Cheaper than I thought! Limitations: Windows only, no Mac version of the software yet You have to manu...
- 04 Mar 2013, 10:54
- Forum: Cameras and Electronics
- Topic: Choosing a camera to go with a manual shutter system
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4306
Re: Choosing a camera to go with a manual shutter system
Thanks, that's great. I expect the one thing they won't tell me is whether the shutter responds instantly to a button press.
- 01 Mar 2013, 06:50
- Forum: Cameras and Electronics
- Topic: Choosing a camera to go with a manual shutter system
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4306
Is it cheaper if I don't use CHDK?
Thank you. I assume that is the standard recommendation when using CHDK? I can buy the A3200 in the UK for 68GBP (just over 100USD)...this is affordable if I buy one, but not two. I'd rather buy new, not secondhand, to get a proper warranty. I was hoping that declining CHDK would open up more possib...
- 28 Feb 2013, 18:43
- Forum: Cameras and Electronics
- Topic: Choosing a camera to go with a manual shutter system
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4306
Choosing a camera to go with a manual shutter system
I feel comfortable building a manual shutter release (e.g. bike brake cable) and would rather not learn how to set up CHDK. Please can I ask how to choose a cheap camera for this situation? What is the simplest possible specification I need to fulfil? I don’t believe this has been listed clearly any...
- 09 Jan 2013, 05:03
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Booksorber coming soon: Scan with 1 camera and simple setup
- Replies: 15
- Views: 29332
Re: Booksorber coming soon: Scan with 1 camera and simple se
I see the booksorber software is now on sale for 29 euros. I will give the free trial (10 pages) a go and see how it performs. Am hoping it makes all the software side very simple...
- 20 Nov 2012, 07:17
- Forum: R&D and New Technologies
- Topic: Google open-sources a DIY page-turning scanner
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18578
Re: Google open-sources a DIY page-turning scanner
I think this is a fantastic invention within our field - this guy has done away with robotic arms with rubber fingertips and other flappy gadgets, and found a very simple way to turn a page without lifting the book up. It can be improved over time to give the accuracy rates we would like to see. Quo...
- 12 Sep 2012, 13:52
- Forum: Agora / The Marketplace
- Topic: Hiring a bookscanner out to the public
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3304
Hiring a bookscanner out to the public
I can't see any other discussions about hiring a bookscanner. I'd like to find out if anyone has considered it. Two reasons really: 1) I'd be tempted to hire one as I don't have time to build one until next year, and 2) If I finally build one, maybe I can recoup the cost by hiring it out. I'm in the...