https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Andrewdefries 2026-04-06T02:09:19Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.13 https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48255 2015-06-22T17:07:47Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* MECHANICAL OPERATION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS===<br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;Digitization of the Mycological Society of San Francisco collection&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> *Danny Newman, librarian for the [http://www.mssf.org/ Mycological Society of San Francisco], will be digitizing the journal and book collection of the Mycological Society. <br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;The Pesticide Files&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> *Andrew Defries PhD has been creating a custom assembled and rare digital corpus comprised of bound books on the topic of pesticides used in agriculture. Please see the github front page for a detailed description [https://github.com/andrewdefries/ThePesticideFiles The Pesticide Files]. This corpus will not be made available for download or public use, though access may be granted in the future via collaborative research agreements.<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48254 2015-06-22T17:07:03Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS===<br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;Digitization of the Mycological Society of San Francisco collection&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> *Danny Newman, librarian for the [http://www.mssf.org/ Mycological Society of San Francisco], will be digitizing the journal and book collection of the Mycological Society. <br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;The Pesticide Files&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> *Andrew Defries PhD has been creating a custom assembled and rare digital corpus comprised of bound books on the topic of pesticides used in agriculture. Please see the github front page for a detailed description [https://github.com/andrewdefries/ThePesticideFiles The Pesticide Files]. This corpus will not be made available for download or public use, though access may be granted in the future via collaborative research agreements.<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48252 2015-06-22T04:15:58Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS===<br /> ----<br /> <br /> *Danny Newman, librarian for the [http://www.mssf.org/ Mycological Society of San Francisco], will be digitizing the journal and book collection of the Mycological Society. <br /> <br /> *Andrew Defries PhD has been creating a custom assembled and rare [https://github.com/andrewdefries/ThePesticideFiles digital corpus] comprised of bound books on the topic of pesticides used in agriculture. A list of books that have been digitized will be posted shortly. This corpus will not be made available for download or public use, though access may be granted in the future via collaborative research agreements.<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48251 2015-06-22T03:50:56Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS===<br /> ----<br /> <br /> *Danny Newman, librarian for the [http://www.mssf.org/ Mycological Society of San Francisco], will be digitizing the journal and book collection of the Mycological Society. <br /> <br /> *Andrew Defries PhD has been creating a custom digital corpus comprised of bound books on the topic of pesticides used in agriculture. A list of books that have been digitized will be posted shortly. This corpus will not be made available for download or public use, though access may be granted in the future via collaborative research agreements.<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48250 2015-06-22T03:49:52Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* Related links */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===CURRENT BOOK SCANNING PROJECTS===<br /> ----<br /> <br /> Danny Newman, librarian for the [http://www.mssf.org/ Mycological Society of San Francisco], will be digitizing the journal and book collection of the Mycological Society. <br /> <br /> Andrew Defries PhD has been creating a custom digital corpus comprised of bound books on the topic of pesticides used in agriculture. A list of books that have been digitized will be posted shortly. This corpus will not be made available for download or public use, though access may be granted in the future via collaborative research agreements.<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48249 2015-06-22T03:37:39Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* SOFTWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48248 2015-06-22T03:27:19Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* HARDWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using inspiration and guidance from this [http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/ open source design] [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip from simple cut plywood] or order [http://store.diybookscanner.org/ pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48247 2015-06-22T03:20:42Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* HARDWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. You can build your own using open source designs or order [http://www.diybookscanner.org/DIY%20Book%20Scanner%20920.zip<br /> pre-fabricated kits], though they are in demand and often sold out.<br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48246 2015-06-22T02:40:50Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* MECHANICAL OPERATION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanners enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator. Also, most bound books cannot be properly imaged near the margin of the binding on flatbed scanners. This scanner recovers the region near the binding with great success.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48245 2015-06-22T02:37:33Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* INTRODUCTION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was recently demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanner enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48244 2015-06-22T02:36:49Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* INTRODUCTION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ---<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. Lately we have focused on bound book digitization. <br /> <br /> We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Join the mailing list and send us an email to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanner enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48243 2015-06-22T02:35:09Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* MECHANICAL OPERATION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> Each time the page is changed a trigger is hit by the operator to capture images of the even and odd pages simultaneously from SLR cameras. By capturing two pages at the same time our model has a speed advantage compared to flatbed scanner enabling us to scan about 600 pages an hour for a skilled operator.<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=48241 2015-06-22T02:26:48Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* HARDWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===MECHANICAL OPERATION===<br /> ----<br /> Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by [http://linearbookscanner.org/ Dany Qumsiyeh]. Note there is some risk putting your rare book on an automated scanner unattended such as ripped paged, etc.<br /> <br /> Please see this animation to illustrate the manual process:<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-06-17 - moved new scanner into darkroom, installed and wired up led lights<br /> <br /> 2015-05-13 - discussed maker faire demo<br /> <br /> 2015-04-29 - assembled body of new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-08 - discussed new scanner<br /> <br /> 2015-04-01 - discussed mycological society library and scanner location<br /> <br /> 2015-03-18 - painted reetz 2.0 scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47911 2015-05-19T08:10:38Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* HARDWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> This model of book scanner is intended to preserve the book being digitized, therefore all page turning is done manually (by hand).<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47910 2015-05-19T08:10:12Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* SOFTWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> This model of book scanner is intended to preserve the book being digitized, therefore all page turning is done manually (by hand).<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|left|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47909 2015-05-19T08:09:41Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* HARDWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> This model of book scanner is intended to preserve the book being digitized, therefore all page turning is done manually (by hand).<br /> <br /> [[File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif|left|Page Turning]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=File:BookScanHand_Quick.gif&diff=47908 2015-05-19T08:05:35Z

<p>Andrewdefries: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47904 2015-05-19T03:31:38Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* INTRODUCTION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47903 2015-05-19T03:29:51Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* INTRODUCTION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> ---<br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg|800px]]<br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47902 2015-05-19T03:28:15Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* INTRODUCTION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> ---<br /> [[file:ScannerMF.jpg]]<br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=File:ScannerMF.jpg&diff=47901 2015-05-19T03:27:33Z

<p>Andrewdefries: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47900 2015-05-19T03:18:06Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* SOFTWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> ---<br /> [[file:ReetzScannerMF_2015.jpg|325px]] [[file:BookSannerOlivier.jpg|550px]]<br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47899 2015-05-19T03:16:48Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* HARDWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> ---<br /> [[file:ReetzScannerMF_2015.jpg|325px]] [[file:BookSannerOlivier.jpg|550px]]<br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png|800px]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47898 2015-05-19T03:14:54Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* INTRODUCTION */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge book scanner was demonstrated at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo <br /> <br /> ---<br /> [[file:ReetzScannerMF_2015.jpg|325px]] [[file:BookSannerOlivier.jpg|550px]]<br /> ---<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=File:ReetzScannerMF_2015.jpg&diff=47897 2015-05-19T03:06:06Z

<p>Andrewdefries: Daniel Reetz Noisebridge scanner at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo</p> <hr /> <div>Daniel Reetz Noisebridge scanner at the 2015 Maker Faire in San Mateo</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=File:BookSannerOlivier.jpg&diff=47896 2015-05-19T03:03:47Z

<p>Andrewdefries: Noisebridge booth at the Maker Faire 2015. Scanner demonstrated by Olivier.</p> <hr /> <div>Noisebridge booth at the Maker Faire 2015. Scanner demonstrated by Olivier.</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47821 2015-05-15T06:11:39Z

<p>Andrewdefries: /* SOFTWARE */</p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. Check out gphoto2 [http://gphoto.org/ here] and the list of supported cameras [http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php here]. If you have linux you can just type: sudo apt-get install gphoto2<br /> <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47820 2015-05-15T05:58:38Z

<p>Andrewdefries: </p> <hr /> <div>===INTRODUCTION===<br /> ----<br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> <br /> ===MAILING LIST===<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> <br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> ----<br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> ----<br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]. Check it out and fork our repos.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[file:ReetzWorkFlow.png]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> ----<br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/<br /> <br /> <br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> ----<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=File:ReetzWorkFlow.png&diff=47819 2015-05-15T05:54:31Z

<p>Andrewdefries: Schematic briefly demonstrating the digital workflow for even and odd pages.</p> <hr /> <div>Schematic briefly demonstrating the digital workflow for even and odd pages.</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=Digital_Archivists&diff=47818 2015-05-15T05:52:58Z

<p>Andrewdefries: </p> <hr /> <div>JOIN OUR MAILING LIST<br /> ----<br /> <br /> The Noisebridge Digital Archivists group is for anyone interested in a range of topics including book scanning, digitizing video/audio, open access, creative commons, and more. We usually meet on '''Wednesdays at 7pm'''. Check the mailing list to see if there's a meeting this week.<br /> ----<br /> Many weekly updates are made exclusively on our mailing list. Please join to keep in touch and ask questions:<br /> <br /> Join the mailing list here: [http://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists digitalarchivists]<br /> <br /> A summary of topics in our mailing list will be posted soon.<br /> ----<br /> ===HARDWARE===<br /> <br /> Our first project was to build a book scanner at Noisebridge based on the open-source [http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit DIY Book Scanner] design. Check out the schematic, below, to see all the components. <br /> <br /> [[File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png]]<br /> <br /> ===SOFTWARE===<br /> <br /> The device captures from both cameras simultaneously by using USB drivers provide by gphoto2 wrapped into a nice python script [https://github.com/danyq/diybookscanner here]. <br /> <br /> Currently we are making simple scripts to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and produce searchable full text as PDF documents [https://github.com/andrewdefries/TesseractOCR Github Code Repository]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> For details about the book scanner, see: '''[[Bookscanner]]'''<br /> <br /> ===Meeting notes===<br /> 2015-02-25 - training session for scanner, looked at linear book scanner prototype<br /> <br /> 2015-02-11 - scanner demo, discussion<br /> <br /> 2015-01-25 - discussed Andrew Defries' scanning booth and post-processing station, experimented with Vinux<br /> <br /> 2014-09-24 - reassembled and demoed the scanner to visitors, some linear book scanner updates, discussed funding and directions for the group<br /> <br /> 2014-08-28 - social meeting at Open Drinks<br /> <br /> 2014-07-17 - discussed scanning stand design at Muddy Waters<br /> <br /> 2014-06-19 - short meeting and 5mof<br /> <br /> 2014-06-12 - discussed plans for a portable phone-based scanner, assembled cardboard prototype of prism scanner<br /> <br /> 2014-06-05 - discussed improvements to the scanner and ocr pipeline<br /> <br /> 2014-05-29 - main topics were portable scanners for the blind and OCR comparison algorithms. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-29]]<br /> <br /> 2014-05-22 - discussed lessons learned from DIY Scanner 1.0 and a range of new initiatives. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2014-05-22]]<br /> <br /> 2014-01-09 - scanned books, investigated glare and alignment issues<br /> <br /> 2013-12-19 - bug fixes in the code, reviewed linear scanners from Michigan, improved documentation, discussed larger book scanning network<br /> <br /> 2013-12-12 - replaced LED shields with black cloth, more scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-12-05 - scanned books<br /> <br /> 2013-11-21 - scanned a book, wrote tesseract ocr script, looked at old computers, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-11-14 - improved scanning gui, added LED shields<br /> <br /> 2013-11-07 - replaced bunjees, mounted LEDs, tried to run spreads<br /> <br /> 2013-10-31 - reassembled scanner, looked at 'spreads' software, screen readers<br /> <br /> 2013-10-24 - disassembled and painted scanner parts<br /> <br /> 2013-10-17 - investigated glare and LED positioning, plan to paint black, 5mof presentation<br /> <br /> 2013-10-10 - mounted cameras, built trigger mechanism, wrote capture script<br /> <br /> 2013-10-03 - picked up scanner and equipment from internet archive<br /> <br /> 2013-07-27 - internet archive borrows the book scanner<br /> <br /> 2013-07-18 - 5mof presentation on book scanning<br /> <br /> 2013-07-08 - discussed scanner location, security, transportation, reimbursement, promotion. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-07-08]]<br /> <br /> 2013-05-23 - scavenged and cut glass from flatbed scanners, plan to attend internet archive friday lunch<br /> <br /> 2013-04-30 - assembled scanner kit. needs cameras, glass, trigger mechanism, software<br /> <br /> 2013-04-21 - looked at reetz scanner and prism scanner, discussed content and licensing. will order reetz kit. full notes: [[Digital Archivists 2013-04-21]]<br /> <br /> ===Related links===<br /> <br /> diy book scanner<br /> http://diybookscanner.org<br /> http://vimeo.com/29184137<br /> <br /> linear book scanner project<br /> http://linearbookscanner.org<br /> <br /> the internet archive<br /> http://archive.org/about/<br /> <br /> prelinger archives<br /> http://archive.org/details/prelinger<br /> <br /> new alexandria archive<br /> http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/<br /> <br /> using archival information in interesting ways<br /> http://maptcha.org/<br /> <br /> a film about nitrile film decomposition<br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FJyJjH6IE<br /> <br /> The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)<br /> http://dp.la/</div>

Andrewdefries https://replica.wiki.extremist.software/index.php?title=File:Reetz_Scanner_Schematic.png&diff=47817 2015-05-15T05:41:30Z

<p>Andrewdefries: Schematic image of our first Daniel Reetz scanner. The image was enhanced to be more illustrative.</p> <hr /> <div>Schematic image of our first Daniel Reetz scanner. The image was enhanced to be more illustrative.</div>

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