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Chris Fitzpatrick wrote: > I've used one of the DIY Bookscanners kits. Worked great and I didn't have > to go into the dumpster. They did a good job on the components and > assembly was rather easy. > > However, it is all very much a manual process. An operator has to work the > machine to scan all the pages. i confirm, there is a lot of diy (do it yourself). but this software aims to facilitate the workflow: http://spreads.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreads it's a python program to remote the two cameras, shoot simultaneously, download the image file, rename, rotate or apply whatever filter, and finally prepare the scantailor project, or just package the book in pdf or djvu. there is also an experimental web interface that lets to control everything with the browser. i'm using spreads on a raspberrypi (manually installed on a raspbian), but there is also a tailored image that you can build https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreadpi bye -- raffaele, @atomotic