Quick update that I have a Planon DocuPen RC800 coming my way for review purposes. I really can’t wait to try this thing out on my own as I’ve heard very mixed reviews. It seems like a great solution for students, but does it really work?We’ll see!

We told you at the end of July that Atiz’s Snapter camera ’scanning’ application, re-branded as Snapter ICE V2.0, was being re-launched with the promise that the operational problems inherent in v1.0 had been greatly fixed and some new and improved functionality had been put in place. Well I thought it was about time [...]

You’ll remember back in April that we introduced you to Snapter, a software based scanning solution that utilises a digital camera as its primary means of input? Well Sarasin at Atiz has dropped me an email announcing that the software has been incarnated into a new version and renamed Snapter Ice 2.0. It seems our [...]

I checked our Wiki today to see what was up and got a good laugh under the Scanning a Book page. I think it was from a contributor with the username Marsm:

If the book has very glossy pages you can take pictures outside in the sunshine to avoid the text being blurred out by the [...]

James over at jkOntheRun highlights a new piece of software that looks ideal for student use (especially those operating paperlessly). Atiz, the company behind the Bookdrive DIY (highlighted by alcuin in our forums a couple of days ago), have released Snapter - an application that allows you to ’scan’ a document into an elecronic format [...]

I have a Vista review in the works, but I just wanted to make a quick shout out that the OpticBook 3600 scanner works just like normal with Vista (yay). With the number of students using this particular device to go paperless, it’s good to know there won’t be a stuggle to get it working [...]

As comes the end of summer, so comes the beginning of scanning. Are those of us who partake in this endless task of scanning book after book mad? Insane? Bored? Without a social life? OK, possibly, HOWEVER, we have our reasons. Right now I am sitting in an apartment, far away from family and friends, [...]

With my Adobe Acrobat trial long expired, I’m using Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MODI) as my multipage-searchable-digital-book maker. I never actually did a whole book with MODI, just a trial chapter once to compare to Acrobat. I also cut the binding off the book for reasons I’ll go into later (another new experience). In the [...]

I was sent a link to a website called Digital History. It’s a book made into a website and is dedicated to “gathering, preserving, and presenting the past on the web” (you can purchase the book or use the free online version).

Check out the chapter labeled “Becoming Digital.” Extremely detailed, even if it’s more [...]

Forum member chocokid posted a great how-to on scanning a book by removing the binding first. Thanks for documenting the process!

…Remove the binding. The best way to go about this is to bring the book to Kiko’s and for about $5, they’ll cut the binding off. This saves you the trouble of ripping out each [...]