Dear Tito,
I would have given the same advice as Shyamal did.
One could also look at using a ssecond-hand Smartphone with 6MP and above
camera to do a decent image capture and then use scantailor for bulk
processing.
Viswa trained many Wikipedians including Jayanta on the use of scantailor
during the TTT . Please consider reaching out to Jayanta for help.
Best,
Vishnu
On Wednesday, 26 November 2014, Shyamal Lakshminarayanan <lshyamal(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Tito, Just some comments from experience but not
directly related to your
request. I have scanned a fairly large number of documents
(mostly thin
brochures in which the staples could be removed) using a low-cost flatbed
scanner. The one I use is in the Canon LIDE series - these use LEDs and
work off USB power (no additional powercord). They are quite inexpensive
(around Rs 3000) but slow (like all flatbed scanners). It is useful if you
are doing high resolution scans of images. If your focus is more on text
- and it readability or OCR-ability - then a digital camera based rig
works much more efficiently. Lots of sites on DIY book-scanners (and you
can probably get Viswaprabha to demo you Scantailor). For library research
purpose copying I routinely use a small pocket digital camera and it does a
perfectly good job. Most librarians I have met have been ok with their use.
best wishes
Shyamal
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Tito Dutta <trulytito(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> For a year or more I have been looking for an individual grant to buy a
simple
image scanner.
> My most recent application was at Ta Wikipedia
>
> From that application:, I need a scanner regularly, so I would not be
able to
do all works in a particular period (for example, someone says,
"take a scanner for two weeks and return after that)
>
> Can anyone give me oive me one?
>
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