Book Scanner Software - Revision history

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2017-05-31T09:47:30Z

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	* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]		* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]
	* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]		* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]
	* ~~...~~		* [[30 May 2017: Test a copy of PDFScanner]], a macOS scanner/image-to-PDF package costing about US$16

2017-05-31T09:47:01Z

Undo revision 58698 by Plausible deniability (talk)

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	=== Efforts ===		=== Efforts ===
	* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]		* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]
	* [[16 March 2017: ~~Test~~ a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120		* [[16 March 2017: Tested a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120
	* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]		* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]
	* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]		* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]
	* ~~[[30 May 2017: Test a copy of PDFScanner]], a macOS scanner/image-to-PDF package costing about US$16~~		* ...

2017-05-31T09:46:03Z

Add link to PDFScanner review

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	=== Efforts ===		=== Efforts ===
	* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]		* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]
	* [[16 March 2017: ~~Tested~~ a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120		* [[16 March 2017: Test a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120
	* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]		* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]
	* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]		* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]
	* ~~...~~		* [[30 May 2017: Test a copy of PDFScanner]], a macOS scanner/image-to-PDF package costing about US$16

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	* [[16 March 2017: Tested a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120		* [[16 March 2017: Tested a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120
	* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]		* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]
			* [[20 March 2017: Continue Spreads Install on a Mac Mini]]
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	==== Acquisition & Image Post-Processing ====		==== Acquisition & Image Post-Processing ====
	* [[https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreads\|spreads]]: Project on Github implementing acquisition through OCR, apparently by [[https://github.com/jbaiter \| Johannes Baiter]].		* [https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreads spreads]: Project on Github implementing acquisition through OCR, apparently by [https://github.com/jbaiter Johannes Baiter].

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	=== Efforts ===		=== Efforts ===

2017-03-18T20:43:50Z

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	* Hooking into the OCR API to obtain confidence level or probability data about each image conversion result, possibly for directing the human operator to regions that may need correcting		* Hooking into the OCR API to obtain confidence level or probability data about each image conversion result, possibly for directing the human operator to regions that may need correcting
	* Connecting together and automating of any of these aspects		* Connecting together and automating of any of these aspects

			=== Softwares ===
			==== Scanner & Camera Control ====
			* [[CHDK]]: Camera control package that [[User:SteeleNivenson\|Steele Nivenson]] has been hacking on, to the point it's functioning quite well with used, low-cost 16MP mirrorless Canon pocket cameras (PowerShot A2200, A2500), in addition to the EOS DSLR lineup.

			==== Acquisition & Image Post-Processing ====
			* [[https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreads\|spreads]]: Project on Github implementing acquisition through OCR, apparently by [[https://github.com/jbaiter \| Johannes Baiter]].

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	* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]		* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]
	* [[16 March 2017: Tested a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120		* [[16 March 2017: Tested a Trial Copy of ABBYY FineReader]], an image-to-PDF OCR package starting around $120
			* [[18 March 2017: Install and try out Spreads on a Mac Mini]]
	* ...		* ...

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	* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]		* [[4 March 2017: A session with Tesseract]]
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	* ...		* ...

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	This page is for document efforts beginning in 2017 to create a software OCR pipeline.		This page is for document efforts beginning in 2017 to create a software OCR pipeline.

			This is a continuation of efforts by the [[Digital Archivists]] Working Group to make the book scanner more convenient to work with.
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