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Originally Posted by Theebookeater
What company or method could I use to make electronic books for a) books that are fairly cheap and expendable and b) books that are difficult/expensive to find due to small printing or age. Thank you very much."
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If you have a desktop running Windows, then
OPEN-Book and PEARL might be a viable solution. This is a non-destructive scanning system.
Downside is that that program and hardware combination is US$1,300 for English using the Latin Writing System. Other languages and writing systems are proportionately more expensive.
Upside is that it can convert most typefaces in printed documents, to a digital text format.
It won't read text on round surfaces. EG: Prescriptions in pill bottles from your pharmacy.
If one has the patience to work all the way around a big box, it will read everything on the box - useful for unexpected packages being left at your front door, that turn out to be for a person who lives ten blocks away.
It does read printed text on Christmas cards, Birthday cards, and the like. It correctly identifies some printscript copybooks, and handwritten block letters.
Both italic and cursive handwriting is illegible for this device.
Maps, especially topographic maps do confuse it.
I wouldn't recommend it, if all you do, is scan one or two books.
I would recommend it, if the individual wants to live independently, reading their own mail, manuals for appliances they have, notes from their healthcare provider, church bulletins, etc.
Amber