help. how do i convert my paperback novel to use on reader - Page 2

dippybird · 10-09-2009, 08:02 AM

erm whats ocr and epub rvdparis?

Slite · 10-09-2009, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by dippybird

from a moral point of view slite i do own copies of all the books i want on my e reader but wouldnt have a clue where to look on the darknet dont even now what that is (told you got blonde brain) so dont think it would be immoral to get them there as long as the person i got them from knew i was getting them if that makes sense oohslite i dont suppose slightly off track you have mms and wap settings for 3 network i keep ringing them for them and all they keep telling me is they dont have them samsung has and when i ask samsung they say to get them from 3 again thanks to everyone for your help x

Darknet is most often used to refer to the "shadier" parts of the Internet, in this case, torrents of e-books illegaly scanned and released to the general public.

As for settings for the Omnia, I would have them, but unfortunatley I managed to forget my phone at home when I went to work this morning

dippybird · 10-09-2009, 08:18 AM

have ordered a copier/scanner so will start with scanning one of the books and see if i can work it out from there, do it one stage at a time, life would be so much easier if i could just buy the books but the publishers say there are no plans to do them

Ea · 10-09-2009, 09:09 AM

I use a Canon CanoScan LiDE 25 scanner. It's quite cheap, around 50 USD, and you just install the driver, plug in the USB cable to your computer and scan. It came with OmniPage OCR (Optical Character Recognition), that turns the scanned images into text. It has worked okay, but the files do require clean-up and proofreading. It is definitely easiest to scan individual pages of a book that has been cut up, and it gives you the best scan. The quality of the original pages is also important - small low quality print on cheap pulpy paper, makes it harder for the OCR software to recognise the text.

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10-09-2009, 08:02 AM	#16
dippybird Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: sony prs 505	erm whats ocr and epub rvdparis?

10-09-2009, 08:18 AM	#18
dippybird Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: sony prs 505	have ordered a copier/scanner so will start with scanning one of the books and see if i can work it out from there, do it one stage at a time, life would be so much easier if i could just buy the books but the publishers say there are no plans to do them

10-09-2009, 09:09 AM	#19
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I use a Canon CanoScan LiDE 25 scanner. It's quite cheap, around 50 USD, and you just install the driver, plug in the USB cable to your computer and scan. It came with OmniPage OCR (Optical Character Recognition), that turns the scanned images into text. It has worked okay, but the files do require clean-up and proofreading. It is definitely easiest to scan individual pages of a book that has been cut up, and it gives you the best scan. The quality of the original pages is also important - small low quality print on cheap pulpy paper, makes it harder for the OCR software to recognise the text.

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