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Originally Posted by Karellen
Strange it does not play for you.
But I have captured a screenshot of the short 7 second video that shows the mechanical arm scanning a book page then moving onto the next page to scan...
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Looks costly and subject to mechanical issues.
I bought an overhead scanner, mostly to digitize sheet music. It doesn't actually 'scan', rather captures image with a camera. The material does not need to be perfectly flat, just flat enough so the camera can peer into the crevice of an open book. Then software de-skews the image to restore the proper geometry. It has multiple LED lights to eliminate shadows and they sell a fold-up light box that goes over everything, with interior reflective surface to further even out the light and ensure the best results.
You still have to physically turn pages, it will detect page turns automatically, or you can use the supplied foot switch to trigger capture. In theory it will do an entire book in the time it takes you to turn pages. Of course you need to develop some technique.
The real work comes after the scanning is done: verify everything looks good, rescan pages that aren't, organizing and tagging the content, and storing the digital files somewhere.
I have yet to use it for a real project, but I think it's better than anything out there for under $500. My only worry is that there is no 3rd party software that works with it:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JMTPJ8S/
I don't think I'll be scanning books with it, but there might be a few exceptions. I haven't even gotten started with the sheet music.
I also got a state of the art film scanner. I retired recently and thought I'd have all this time for such long deferred projects. I was wrong.