Anyone know a way to scan a book without unbinding it?
>>2781750Take photos of it with your phone.
>>2781750There are book scanners purpose-built for what you want to do.
>>2781750jesus fuck dude, its like google doesnt exist for a reason. fucking pathetic
>>2781750If it just a regular book, format wise, I'd just open a Google docs and copy it word for word.
>>2781750CamscannerA free mobile app that corrects distortions from camera angles.personal tip: use a bright light and don't have any shadows cast on the pages when shooting
Yes, a linear book scanner. It's a triangle with scanners that slides the book across it to scan and turn each page.Google open-sourced their implementation: https://code.google.com/archive/p/linear-book-scanner/
>>2781848This but they cost a small fortune
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>>2781751There’s an app called Scannable that is actually super convenient on the phone and you snap a pic of whatever in the app and it turns into a black & white .pdf file.
Before fucking with this, scour the internet to see if an e-book/pdf version of the book you're trying to scan doesn't already exist.
>>2781750Something like the Plustek Opticbook 3800 would be good as it scans right up to the edge of the bed. I'm looking at a few for good prices on eBay UK right now.
>>2781750you crack that fucker open and smash it on the glass. jesus it's like you faggots can't even use tools without some specialty application designed for your feelings.
>>2782971>https://linearbookscanner.org/video.mp4pretty neat
>>2781750Go to a university library they should have these machines with lights and scannes and a moveable plate to place the book on to neutralize back wobble. These machines were specifically designed for it and will scan it straight to s usb stick or to your unviersity email. Forgot what theyre called tho
>>2783039thats why most people resort to unbinding the book instead.your other option is to just press it on a flatbed scanner, but that will obviously leave artifacts and distortion from where the page bends into the spineyour best bet would rigging a little phone stand together and hoping theres a good app that can account for the distortion of the bent book pages.
Theres an app called Genius scan that will scan with your phones camera and make it black & white and skew things back to square to compensate for your camera angle. It's really nice. Probably time consuming but you know that.
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>>2787044https://archive.palanq.win/p/thread/4272609/
>>2782949>CamscannerLooks great, but seems to phone home about everything. Probably not the best for sensitive stuff, but good enough for everything else.
>>2782971Great, now i want to build one of these.
>>2783642no there isn't
