[user]

hello

I would like to digitize a book, by taking photos of
the book pages and then performing OCR in them

can you tell me please what characteristics must a
camera have to do this? big zoom? many megapixels?
specific features?

OCR needs a 300dpi scan from a scanner, so can you
tell me please which is the equivalent for a digital
camera photo? I mean how many megapixels and which
distance from the source, how much lighting etc

any specific settings of the camera? does the room
need to be very lighted? do I need a tripod? and
specific add-ons to the camera? any software?
any suggestion would be much appreciated

also these book scanners use cameras:
kirtas-tech.com
atiz.com
and their scan samples are marvelous

can I reproduce these results? with cheaper way

thanks