Software for digitizing books

[mrosspa]

I've been searching through the different threads, and I'm not comprehending all the steps for processing the digitized pages. I've a number of questions, but I'll try to use one question per thread.

While there may be other software that can be used for managing the digitized image, Book Scan Wizard or Scan Tailor will likely be the software I use. While I'm willing to experiment, I don't have much computer knowledge. What tends to be better for a neophyte to use, and has help from other users?

I'm also trying to find out the strengths and weaknesses of each piece of software.

Thanks,

Michael

[rob]

I have found ScanTailor to be very user-friendly, and I use it for my book projects. BookScanWizard requires editing text files (in its own editor), and I never really liked that. I tend to think, though, that BSW has better developer support than ST, although I've never really had to get support... Others may have other opinions!

[Ryan_phx]

Honestly, I think you should learn both. I use BSW to do one thing--remove keystoning (which ST can't do). Then I let ST's automation take over and do the rest of the processing. I'm with Rob--I'm not a big fan of the manual-ness of BSW, but it definitely does do a good job of doing what you tell it to do.

So really, I see these two as complementary, not competitors. But if I had to pick one to learn first, I'd pick Scan Tailor. It's easier to learn, and will do most of what you'll come across. Then when you're comfortable with it, learn BSW to give you some extra options.