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bgalbrecht · 02-14-2010, 01:14 PM

When I scan a book, I save the images in .png format, which is a lossless image format. 300 DPI greyscale images work out to be 1.5 MB. I scan using the Opticbook's book pilot interface, and then OCR it, I think it's faster than scanning with the twain interface in the OCR program.

02-14-2010, 01:14 PM	#50
bgalbrecht Wizard Posts: 1,806 Karma: 13399999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle 4	When I scan a book, I save the images in .png format, which is a lossless image format. 300 DPI greyscale images work out to be 1.5 MB. I scan using the Opticbook's book pilot interface, and then OCR it, I think it's faster than scanning with the twain interface in the OCR program.