[sudo-discuss] I want to establish a book scanner at Sudo room or in Oakland
hol at gaskill.com
hol at gaskill.com
Sat Dec 30 15:52:25 PST 2017
I'm into it. I've saved a number of books over the years "just in case"
and have a shelf work to feed through the beast then pass on further
into the universe. Tues 1/9 hacknight? Looks like some 80/20 rail
frame work would come in handy too, will chase down those parts in
meantime.
On 2017-12-30 15:47, Jake wrote:
> i think storing all the pages at monochrome images is ideal, and you
> can embed
> OCR of the text invisibly behind the scanned text so that it's
> searchable.
>
> but ultimately i think it's best to make several formats available,
> like epub,
> text, rtf, etc. maybe even html.
>
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2017, hol at gaskill.com wrote:
>
>> guessing we want to do optical character recognition so we wind up
>> with
>> small filesize searchable pdfs. anyone heard of any software that can
>> preserve images and tables? I remember doing OCR in vanilla acrobat a
>> long time ago but unfamiliar with latest tech
>> On 2017-12-26 23:41, jacques revera wrote:
>>
>>> Yes.
>>> Dany, what is a good day/time for me to meet you at Noisebridge?
>>>
>>> I will do what it takes to get this going. Jake's cameras and
>>> organizational work are essential.
>>>
>>> I have do not know what the optimum computer and software packages
>>> are
>>> https://forum.diybookscanner.org/viewforum.php?f=18&sid=251bde72d2270cdd420a4aae7932c9b5
>>>
>>> jacques
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>> Jacques,
>>>
>>> it sounds like Dany is offering the kit to sudoroom, would you be
>>> willing to
>>> meet with him to pick it up and bring it in? I can help you find a
>>> place to
>>> set it up and computers and even cameras to get it going.
>>>
>>> -jake
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Dec 2017, jacques revera wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you Dany.
>>>
>>> Fantastic! I met you at noisebridge a couple years ago at a meeting
>>> of the
>>> digital archivists. Your work in people's book scanning is important,
>>> (with
>>> the little I know) - as can be seen in your google talk:
>>> https://youtu.be/4JuoOaL11bw
>>> My interest begins with access to scanning and digitized books for
>>> the
>>> ideas but, that is dependent upon the scanner hardware developers and
>>> hackers. That base kit (donated from NoiseBridge) Daniel Reetz
>>> developed
>>> and put out in 2011 and the development of a community around it was
>>> a game
>>> changer I think.
>>>
>>> Your help with a kit ready-to-assemble will get us off to a fast
>>> start -
>>> which will help firm up this new book scanning access and group at
>>> the omni.
>>>
>>> jacques
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 3:45 PM, <dany.nb at qhex.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I helped with the Noisebridge book scanners, and the one we wanted to
>>> donate is the red one shown here:
>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bookscanner [1]
>>>
>>> Here's some detail about the design:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw [2]
>>>
>>> It's currently disassembled, basically a kit again.
>>> Do you all want it? If so, I'd be happy to help on that side.
>>>
>>> I've cc'd our group's mailing list, and you're welcome to join if you
>>> want to collaborate at all:
>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists [3]
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Dany
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:26 PM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> tues @sudo >8pm is a time to collaborate
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:09 PM, jacques revera
>>> <jacquesrevera at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> lockable should not be a problem. If noisebridge is donating one of
>>> the
>> older designs, it would be framed with raw wood we can just screw some
>> hinges and plywood in - to box it - to keep people from fiddling with
>> the
>> mechanisms. The cameras might need a more secure spot at the omni.
>>
>>> Marc, Robb, Jake,
>>> I am looking forward to meeting and working with you. I am new to
>>> this
>> list, the omni commons and the sudo room so please keep me straight on
>> that.
>>
>>> I am back in town Jan. 1 --- Tues Jan. 2 would be a good day for me
>>> to
>> meet and begin - and maybe complete a plan and proposal if needed for
>> the
>> omni collectives. I have a van if there is a base-kit already
>> constructed
>> at noisebridge that needs to be picked up.
>>
>>> Sat, Dec 23, 2017
>>> Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote
>>>
>>> I can donate two identical Canon digital cameras to this project.
>>> ...there's an extra book scanner at noisebridge that they were
>> begging me to take.
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:35 AM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> we may have to make it lockable :/
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 10:42 AM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> although future basement media center might be a better place
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 10:41 AM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> i'd like to help
>>> omni collectives might allow it to live in the ballroom mezz library
>> if we draft a proposal
>>
>>> i'm getting a vtr (vid tape rec) w/sdi output to digitize old vhs
>> tapes w/optimal quality next week too
>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can donate two identical Canon digital cameras to this project.
>>>
>>> -jake
>>>
>>> On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, jacques revera wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to talk with any folks who can collaborate or help
>>> establishing a book scanner in Oakland. I am talking about a
>> complete
>>
>>> system, finished, effective and quick. I myself need to be able to
>> scan
>>
>>> quantities of books several times a month easily. I cannot afford
>> the total
>>
>>> cost maybe $1500 of the base kit, cameras(aprox $100 per) and
>> computer
>>
>>> hardware of full fledged system recommended by
>>> http://www.diybookscanner.org
>>> https://store.diybookscanner.org/collections/frontpage/ [4]
>>> products/archivist-quill-book-scanner-base-kit
>>>
>>> There are many DIY project designs out there and software great to
>> tinker
>>
>>> with. But, what I am interested in is quickly completing setting
>> up a fast
>>
>>> stable system(or getting one donated or purchased) - and working
>> with the
>>
>>> projects and issues that begin at that point: starting with
>> scanning lots
>>
>>> of books. I have a huge number of books I need to scan for
>> personal and
>>
>>> political projects which have broader applications.
>>>
>>> I would prefer working on a system that could serve many people
>> and needs -
>>
>>> and I would be interested in being part of a collective working on
>> getting
>>
>>> books scanned and converted to accessible formats (particularly
>>> http://daisy.org) - but also interested in working on making the
>> system
>>
>>> available to more people and the whole thing accessible for the
>> disabled. I
>>
>>> am also interested in discussing working on the further extensions
>> of
>>
>>> accommodating reading disabilities, books and computer access for
>> the
>>
>>> blind.
>>>
>>> I volunteer at Revolution Books to fight the power and transform
>> the people
>>
>>> for revolution. I have a good basis in literature of art, politics,
>>> history, science and international fiction needing to be read and
>> made
>>
>>> available. I have a reading disability. I have taught TV
>> production and
>>
>>> media in public schools. I live in Oakland.
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
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>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bookscanner
>> [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw
>> [3] https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists
>> [4] https://store.diybookscanner.org/collections/frontpage/
>> [5] https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss
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