Does anyone have experience with CZUR book scanners? I heard the software wasn’t great for the Mac
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There is another active thread in MPU on this same general topic that you might want to follow if you have not already noticed it. It has CZUR in the title.
I have scanned about 50 books but I always have resorted to tearing off the binding. I have intrigued by but never used the overhead camera systems. The marketing claims are that the software can compensate for the curved valley at the center of the open book but my impression is that that is far from perfect.
The dual camera systems and the V holders seem to be the best systems but they are expensive. People have tried creating their own systems exploiting the general principle. But you have to be a serious hobbiest. You can find instructions on how to build such things on the web
I have been most interested in OCR of plain text. For this I have scanned in B&W at 600 dpi. This is very readable for humans and OCR engines. The files are much smaller because it does not pick up the paper texture etc. The background is just brought in as white. In my experience the OCR is more accurate with this sort of scan because the engine is less distracted by paper texture ‘info’.