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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I don't see how software could flatten out a curve. It would have to be able to read what is in the curve. Sounds like an overpriced scanner unless it has an OCR and can convert to workable letters.
I can scan books with my cheap HP.
Works great for somethings and not so well for others.
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Originally Posted by markom
There is OCR and they say its software can automatically and quickly flatten the curves, ...
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Yes. There is post-scan software that will correct these errors...kind of an interesting process if you are interested in that kind of stuff (here's a cool video of some college students working with scanning several hundred pages per minute). They have software at
DIYBookScanner.org that will do a really good job - for free. Obviously the better image/scan you can get in the first place drastically reduces the number of errors, and it speeds up the whole conversion process.
I'd recommend using some kind of platen to flatten the page, and cradle the book at a comfortable 90-100 degrees with scans as perpendicular to the page as possible.
edit: ooops forgot the link to the video:
here
and another cool one
here