DIY Book Scanner

for the flat scanner u dont need a tripod .

if u cut a wood with something like a rectangle and u put a glass upon is enough. u can find a scrap glass .

put the window between 2 chairs or tables and u are good . use a lamp also

i think the biggest issue for archivist is not that u have to cut woods with a saw ,use a drill and a meter .the biggest issue is the camera. canon camera that can support chdk . u cant find even aftermarket these camera. so raspberry pi 5 with 2 camera around 200 euro for a ^ scanner https://www.yo...

u need a window with glass that can flat the pages of the book u wanna scan . if u know or want to how to cut wood and glass u can do that or any neighbor with with less than 4 dollars in materials . i would prefer camera than your smartphone even if u can use them both to digitize. install chdk and...

use subtitles rasberypi5 2 camera module v3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PodyJVMFxg

check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR2TQOHEDYc

u need a glass and a window .
what camera do u have , what smartphone

https://github.com/ImageProcessing-Elec ... perimental

some people here make new versions of this stuff

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this is for raspberry pi5 to use one camera v3 import keyboard from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview import time from datetime import datetime from datetime import datetime from libcamera import controls import os picam2 = Picamera2() # if u have one camera it will try to check it #if u have alre...

i suggest to avoid to use any type of acrylic glass because it is much easier rather than normal glass to scratch the surface and make it more blurred. this happen while u clean it or if u hit it by accident

https://handyoutlinerfo.sourceforge.net/ i use this if abbyfinereader dont make good job i just copy them and make the right format from the book page with the table of contents . koreader show when chapter ends or change so this is necessary there . because in an ebookreader u dont know at how many...