Booksorber?

owly · 11-13-2013, 04:30 AM

Anyone tried the software Booksorber? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LY3y3eyVL8

mrmikel · 11-13-2013, 12:41 PM

It makes PDF's from images taken by a digital camera.

owly · 11-14-2013, 04:21 AM

Yes, but is it any good?

Big Col · 12-16-2013, 07:09 AM

Booksorber is ideal if you have a one-camera setup. Photograph pairs of pages and the program separates them and generates a PDF and individual page jpegs.
I don't bother with the PDF; I load the jpegs into my OCR to get text.
I am pleased with Booksorber - it is at least as accurate as my previous setup (photographing odd pages then even, rotating the images and renaming them, then OCR) but saves a considerable amount of time at the camera. I photographed a 200 page book in 5 minutes.
It does take a long time to process the images, especially if you load an entire book into it; I set it to process at night or if I am doing something else.
I don't use the lighting rig suggested on the website - I simply use the pop-up flash on my camera and it works fine.
You can try Booksorber for free - it has a 10 page limit and puts a watermark on each page.
I think that it is excellent value for money.
Colin

owly · 12-21-2013, 03:18 AM

Also found this test http://dcoetzee.tumblr.com/post/5219...ith-booksorber

11-13-2013, 04:30 AM	#1
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Booksorber? Anyone tried the software Booksorber? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LY3y3eyVL8

12-16-2013, 07:09 AM	#4
Big Col Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kindle Keyboard	Booksorber is ideal if you have a one-camera setup. Photograph pairs of pages and the program separates them and generates a PDF and individual page jpegs. I don't bother with the PDF; I load the jpegs into my OCR to get text. I am pleased with Booksorber - it is at least as accurate as my previous setup (photographing odd pages then even, rotating the images and renaming them, then OCR) but saves a considerable amount of time at the camera. I photographed a 200 page book in 5 minutes. It does take a long time to process the images, especially if you load an entire book into it; I set it to process at night or if I am doing something else. I don't use the lighting rig suggested on the website - I simply use the pop-up flash on my camera and it works fine. You can try Booksorber for free - it has a 10 page limit and puts a watermark on each page. I think that it is excellent value for money. Colin Last edited by Big Col; 12-16-2013 at 07:11 AM.

11-13-2013, 12:41 PM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	It makes PDF's from images taken by a digital camera.

11-14-2013, 04:21 AM	#3
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Yes, but is it any good?

12-21-2013, 03:18 AM	#5
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Also found this test http://dcoetzee.tumblr.com/post/5219...ith-booksorber