I realized recently that a book scanner is only 2x the cost of any one of my required reading books. I need like 5 books each semester, so buying a high quality scanner and just borrowing from someone and scanning every page would make it easier and cheaper.
The question is of course, which scanner is the best for the job?
Does the software work WITHOUT a scanner, and on normal pictures?
Pic related, is what I want to buy.
specs
just download your books
Not all books are digitized. Somebooks are intentionally not made available in digital format AND are too obscure to be pirate-digitized (i.e. scanned and uploaded) by the big time pirates.
i didn't have any problems finding nearly all books i needed for university
Good for you, homosexual. Not all books are mass produced.
yes they are
That's good for you. The rest of us aren't that lucky. I recently had to get a hold of "Humaniora : en innforing". Lucky for me there were some cheap used ones, cuz it sure as hell aint online.
Probably because someone scanned or transcribed them for your retarded ass
yes
yeah, makes sense
i had a hard time finding ones that weren't english too
just computer science, so i guess
pays well tho
You have a shit degree, got it
>if you're not using obscure books for your course work you have a shit degree
Kek wtf? I triple majored in Math, electrical engineering and computer engineering and found all of my books online. Two of my EE professors even had the books on a share for everyone to use
He probably means basic/common rather than bad as such. People with highly specialized degrees or people in cutting edge research often rely on obscure books, research journals, and notes from their mentor. The latter to are provided by the university.
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I've never used this device so take my opinion with a big grain of salt. That said, I really doubt you will get high quality out of this scanner because it's just a camera and laser on a stick. It doesn't press down the book and evenly illuminate it like picrel (taken from https://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3125 ). In my experience, starting with a shit source and then trying to fix it up with algorithm magic, no matter how advanced, is always inferior to having a good source in the first place. If I were you, I would focus less on the numbers in the specs and more on how the image is actually taken.
Probably true. I wish i had access to the software for the aura to test it before i spend the money.
What makes you think you can't? I went to the manufacturer's website ( https://www.czur.com/index) and they had a working "download software" button at the top.
However, I wouldn't bother. I would never pay this much for a camera on a stick that promises to fix up your images with meme "AI technology". You can take a sheet of paper, scan it on both a good flatbed scanner and with your phone using Scanbot/AdobeScan/etc., then compare the results. The flatbed scanner is going to be way superior even if you compare to the best apps.
Btw, I looked at the product some more out of curiosity and the manufacturer claims DPI = 240, CRI = 85.
This looks high-quality.
https://plustek.com/sa/products/book-scanners/opticbook-4800/