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Originally Posted by Daithi
After doing a bit more research, mostly here on MobileRead (I just love this place), I decided to buy a OpticBook 3600 scanner. From what I understand it scans right to the edge of the scanner, and it also comes with an older version of ABBYY FineReader. My plan is to upgrade the FineReader software once the scanner arrives.
Here is the cool part. I was planning on buying FineReader, which is $400, but instead I bought the 3600 scanner for $215 and will spend $179 for the FineReader upgrade. So the way I see it, I'm getting the scanner for free.
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I'd like to offer a cautionary note here. I myself a week or so ago purchased the OpticBook 3600 scanner, with which I am VERY pleased. I've been scanning about a book a day. I have been using the FineReader Sprint version 6 that came bundled with it, and have worked out (with of course some trial-and-error) a wonderfully efficient (for me) methodology for converting my scans to the Mobipocket format (my preferred format). I won't go into details.
Today, then, I downloaded the trial version of FineReader Pro version 10, and produced a book using it. I know, and can readily see, that FR 10 has far more features than the simple and basic Sprint version I have "come to love." But I definitely will not be upgrading. For MY purposes, I don't need the upgrade, and the unneeded additional complexity the upgrade would ask (if not require) of me.
So, my cautionary note is this: Before ordering the upgrade, try out the Sprint. It may just suit your needs fine, as it does mine.