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Originally Posted by mypolar
I have decided to scan an old favorite book that is not in ebook format yet. Well............ its making me a bit crazy. I have done less than 50 pages and have about 350 more to go and wondering is it really this difficult or am I just slow? 
I'm using a basic scanner/printer- can feed pages - but only about 10 at a time. My biggest problem : there are 2 sides to every page!!! EEK  Its making me batty to reorder these pages from 2,4,6,8 to 1,2,3,4 .I can't imagine doing this for 400 pages. No plans for purchase another scanner anytime soon
How are people handling scanning from a flat bed scanner- any tips or advice welcome. |
It takes time, work, and good OCR software, which isn't free. I recommend ABBYY Finereader 10 Express. Not that the full package isn't good, but $400 is way too much...
To become a scanner takes time and dedication. And then proof-reading take much more time than scanning. I figure 24-40 hours per 300 page book.
It's not like ripping a CD.....