Det her er vist mere realistisk til hjemmebrug end både Book Flipping Scanning og de professionelle scannere nævnt i et tidligere indlæg.
ION præsenterede på årets CES (elektronikmesse) en prototype af deres Book Saver bogscanner som fra juni måned skal kunne købes til $149.
Fra Pressemeddelelsen:
Book Saver allows everyone to easily transfer their favorite stories directly to convenient SD cards. Once converted, the books can be quickly transferred to a computer or e-reader.
Book Saver has two cameras that take separate images in rapid succession of each page within an open book. Both cameras of Book Saver also have a flash for allowing the page to be fully illuminated during the scanning process. Book Saver’s cradle, where the book is placed during the scanning process, is also angled as to not require the user to hold pages down to get a flat, even surface. Furthermore, while similar devices require up to seven seconds per one page, Book Saver takes only one second per two pages!
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(Via Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter som jeg ikke vil give det svar der fiskes efter til spørgsmålet “Which would you rather carry with you, or move to you new home? Two hundred or more books, with bookshelves, or two hundred or more books on a jump drive?”)