I've just started ripping pbooks and am making all the usual discoveries. So I'm thinking we should have a wiki section for this, or at least a single page. ideally with a range of topics:
- OCR software - links to reviews plus recommendations
- using a scanner - tips and tricks
- using a camera - tips and tricks
- arranging pages and sections when ripping
- proof reading tips
- output - what format and software to use, how to lay it out
I'm sure there are other things. The one that made my life much easier was deciding to focus on ezarets comment "lighting is critical". I cobbled together a light and diffuser onto my tripod and that hugely increased both accuracy and consistency of the OCR, so the last 200 pages of "Matter" took less time than the previous 100.
Should I just start the wiki page or should we sort things out a bit here first?