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Originally Posted by NatCh
From comments others have made, I gather that if you have an autofeeding scanner, then de-binding a book, scanning and OCRing it isn't terribly time consuming. 
As for why ... aside from the convenience, there's a lot of "because I can" in there, I expect.  |
Exactly right on both counts... The office copier/scanner is awfully fast and does full duplex. Pipe that into FineReader and away it goes. That app is so slick, you'd be amazed how few errors it produces from a clean book.
It's a powerful feeling to release a work from the binds of it's mortal coil.
Everyone needs a hobby I suppose.