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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
I can't find the "Express" version at all, nor even a used OpticBook at that price.
Lets say that I go that way, I have access to an 8 megapixel Nikon camera.
What are the recomendations on OCR software? I'm not looking for "The Best" (no rich dead relatives that I know of). But something good enough that a little proofreading is all that is needed.
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That's for the ABBYY software separately, not the scanner. As far as I know, there is NO cheap, easy, fast way to scan books.
ABBYY is the "best" on the market. it's also the most expensive on the market as well. TANSTAAFL. It is listed to be able to convert raw image files (like TIFF) into OCR'ed files, but, having a 3600 scanner, I never have bothered to try.
If you want to use a digital camera, remember, optical wide angle and zoom only. Anything else just cuts out pixels from the area of the image you use, defeating the whole purpose of having a high megapixel camera in the first place.
And no matter what way you go, you WILL have to proof the e-book you create, which means you will have to read it, marking every little mistake you see, and fix them....