Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: John Forkosh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Dumb Pinter Question Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 05:42:13 -0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <9FKdnSx-aYhJ5pz5nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <-MKdnaGEcp-jap75nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <17ydnXi6-MG65Zj5nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@earthlink.com> <6405822a@news.ausics.net> <6sgjdjx7de.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6407b5fd@news.ausics.net> Injection-Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 05:42:13 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="27766"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: tin/2.6.0-20210823 ("Coleburn") (NetBSD/9.3 (amd64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37484 Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > Carlos E.R. wrote: >> Of course, the scanner I described is likely to be found on a library. >> Someplace with lots of books to scan properly. It is likely to be quite >> expensive. > > As with most gear sold to such organisations. However in this case > there isn't any particularly special tech behind it. DIY > constructions are relatively easy projects, and you've got a huge > selection of projects to be copied by searching "DIY book scanner" > or just going to this dedicated website: > https://diybookscanner.org/ Sounded interesting, though probably more time/work constructing a good one than I'd be willing to invest. And the kicker was clicking that "Get Started" link at the bottom of the page: "404 Not Found error". > The Internet Archive even built their own scanner rigs using > off-the-shelf cameras, rather than buying the professional devices: > https://dltj.org/article/internet-archive-scanning-gallery/ Well, the second "bullet" item describes Archive's "scribe station", including two Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II digital cameras, costing ... $7100 each (though that was apparently in 2006). > Google has/had designs for an automated book scanner online, > although it required a lot of big laser-cut pieces which might be > expensive to have made. It was sort of upside-down, where the > book lies down on top of a triangular frame. > > But as I suggested before, for notebooks it may be practical to > just rig up one flat piece of glass that can be lifted up and > sit down on both exposed pages of the notebook's to keep them > flat. Then just have a camera on a tripod over-hanging and > pointing down at the pages, and ideally a remote trigger so you > don't have to touch it to take a photo. > > Personally I just do it with the tripod and the camera, without > the glass or the remote trigger, but if you're doing lots then it > would make things easier. Then a full dual-camera, angled frame > rig would make it easier again. I certainly think of those while > I'm fiddling with tensioning pages that won't stay flat. -- John Forkosh ( mailto: j@f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )