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IGraham · 05-17-2012, 05:15 AM

Hi
I'm looking for advice, pointers etc (gained from experience) on how to scan and produce an ebook
I've never tried this before and am thinking that if I just jump straight in and 'do it' I'll end up spending ages and with a not a good product
I have various paper pamphlets, posters, epic books etc that I'd like to scan to an epub (book, compilation). Some of the paper-based stuff is hand written and some typed and some a bit faded
How to I go about scanning and making the best of the original.
Is it possible to to do OCR on the hand written - would that ultimately just be masochistic.
Best way to compile ?
You'll be wanting to know some of my hardware/software possibly OS W764, scanner Perfection 1250, Scan software VueScan 9, LibreOffice
Yes I did do a search and was buried under a plethora of 'not what I was looking for', 'overkill', irrelevant, old, etc etc

Thanks for any help advice you can give (hopefully)

05-17-2012, 05:15 AM	#1
IGraham Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: none	To produce an ebook ? Hi I'm looking for advice, pointers etc (gained from experience) on how to scan and produce an ebook I've never tried this before and am thinking that if I just jump straight in and 'do it' I'll end up spending ages and with a not a good product I have various paper pamphlets, posters, epic books etc that I'd like to scan to an epub (book, compilation). Some of the paper-based stuff is hand written and some typed and some a bit faded How to I go about scanning and making the best of the original. Is it possible to to do OCR on the hand written - would that ultimately just be masochistic. Best way to compile ? You'll be wanting to know some of my hardware/software possibly OS W764, scanner Perfection 1250, Scan software VueScan 9, LibreOffice Yes I did do a search and was buried under a plethora of 'not what I was looking for', 'overkill', irrelevant, old, etc etc Thanks for any help advice you can give (hopefully)