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Originally Posted by RWood
Bob, I'll take "Making an eBook from a Binder of 8.5" x 11" for $100"
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Cheapo-cheapo production methods would be to use the scanning part of the multifunction printer such as the HP 6210 All in One that I picked up at CompUSA for just under $100 that includes bundled software for both the Mac and PC. Among that software is a fairly good OCR program.
The scanner part has an automatic feed (no duplex) that can be set to as small as a mass market ("it fits in your hip pocket") paperback. I have scanned, rearranged pages, and OCR on the software with very good results. Sure some ls were 1s; but, nobody's perfect all of the time. |
That's very interesting...I've been perusing those all-in-ones for such a purpose myself. I notice you can even get duplex scanning for about $400. But if you have auto sheet feeders without duplex scanning, isn't it tough to get the book pages in the right order? And don't you get a lot of misfeeds with inexpensive all-in-ones?
I'm hoping that those are not issues -- a decent $100 book scanning solution would be very impressive. Tell us more!