A Scanner for books with text VERY close to the gutter.

[JThomas]

Well, it took a while but I got all 2751 pages scanned and the scanner worked great through the entire process.

[rob]

That is awesome! How long did it take you to train FineReader for this? The reason I ask is that I tried training FineReader for an English-Latin dictionary that had accented characters plus greek letters, and after going through several pages of long and boring work, the thing couldn't tell the difference between S and s.

After training, modulo the S/s problem, it would get the pages I trained correct... and then fall down completely on the pages I didn't train. Presumably FineReader needs many more pages to train on, but it's so FUCKING BORING.

[smartechs]

That's an excellent build, Nice and Simple. Would you mind sharing pics from the camera back side. Just want to see what you used for the hinge. And also from the bottom glass side. What did you use to make the groove in the side panels? Thanks.

[JThomas]

That is awesome! How long did it take you to train FineReader for this? The reason I ask is that I tried training FineReader for an English-Latin dictionary that had accented characters plus greek letters, and after going through several pages of long and boring work, the thing couldn't tell the difference between S and s.

After training, modulo the S/s problem, it would get the pages I trained correct... and then fall down completely on the pages I didn't train. Presumably FineReader needs many more pages to train on, but it's so FUCKING BORING.

I never said I had ORC'd them all. I'm still working on it. You are right, it's boring has hell. I find that if I do the training on the parts it's having trouble with, it works better.
There are two character pairs the s & f and the u & n that I I'll probably have to read every page to double check it.

That's an excellent build, Nice and Simple. Would you mind sharing pics from the camera back side. Just want to see what you used for the hinge. And also from the bottom glass side. What did you use to make the groove in the side panels? Thanks.

I just used common 3 1/2" door hinges for the pivot attached to the side facing the glass. Nothing critical about it.
I used a table saw for the 3 sided frame surrounding the glass. A little silicone at the bottom corners to hold it all together.

[smartechs]

Thanks for the details.

[JThomas]

Thanks for the details.

No problem.

Are you planning on building one?

[smartechs]

Dear Jthomas,

I am sorry I wasn't able to reply back to your message, its been a busy month and never got a chance to check the website. I did make one, thanks to you. A larger version of it. My platen size is 25"x20", which I used to digitize a 1950 page manuscript. It worked perfectly for it. I will try to post a picture. Thanks again.