Free Mac OCR/E-book software/toolchain
May 22, 2011 3:01 PM Subscribe
How can I get from paper to e-books for free on a Mac?
I have:
I have:
- Several books with the text blocks cut from the bindings,
- Rights to said books, but not digital source files for them,
- A scanner with a duplex automatic document feeder,
- A Mac,
- Decent computer chops (I was a CS major in undergrad), and
- A budget of $0.00.
- Plain-text EPUB files of the aforementioned books. Some have a few diagrams; incorporating those would be nice but not necessary.
Might be easier and faster to use digital cameras. Here is a reference to an ultra-low cost approach. Also some useful links.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/diy-book-scanner/.
posted by PickeringPete at 5:16 PM on May 22, 2011
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/diy-book-scanner/.
posted by PickeringPete at 5:16 PM on May 22, 2011
I'm not sure if you could use Ghostscript to help with making PDFs, but you can convert PDFs to the epub format with Calibre.
Not sure how fancy the final product would be, but I like Calibre for personal use.
posted by dragonplayer at 5:40 PM on May 22, 2011
Not sure how fancy the final product would be, but I like Calibre for personal use.
posted by dragonplayer at 5:40 PM on May 22, 2011
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posted by fake at 3:21 PM on May 22, 2011 [1 favorite]