Build a better Bookshelf
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Build a better Bookshelf
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Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#2CamScanner[1] on Android does a very nice job of this kind of work. I'm not associated with the product, just a longtime satisfied user.
Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#3Great idea. Someone please build a public database of tables of contents and indexes, keyed by ISBN, so we can skip the scanning and OCR steps. And dear publishers: when this database emerges please add to it as you publish new works.
Thanks.
Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#4CamScanner[1] on Android does a very nice job of this kind of work. I'm not associated with the product, just a longtime satisfied user. [1] https://www.camscanner.com/
Hmmm, should I use a document scanner application, made by a company in China, after the recent discovery of numerous applications on iOS and OSX sending data to China.....
Sure, why not....
/sarcasm
Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#5CamScanner[1] on Android does a very nice job of this kind of work. I'm not associated with the product, just a longtime satisfied user. [1] https://www.camscanner.com/
Hmmm, should I use a document scanner application, made by a company in China, after the recent discovery of numerous applications on iOS and OSX sending data to China..... Sure, why not.... /sarcasm
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Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#6I’ve found books.google.com be alright for this as well.
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#7I’ve found books.google.com be alright for this as well.
The author specifically noted:
And the search result is limited to just my books, not the whole internet, that's the point of scanning instead of Googling.
Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#8The fact that we have to scan any technical book published after 1980 is a distortion of capitalism. The obvious most efficient solution for everyone would be to have the darn fully searchable digital version of the book + the source code.
Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#9Great idea. Someone please build a public database of tables of contents and indexes, keyed by ISBN, so we can skip the scanning and OCR steps. And dear publishers: when this database emerges please add to it as you publish new works. Thanks.
Google Books more or less did this already, with mixed results.
Re: Build a better Bookshelf
#10Great idea. Someone please build a public database of tables of contents and indexes, keyed by ISBN, so we can skip the scanning and OCR steps. And dear publishers: when this database emerges please add to it as you publish new works. Thanks.
Eat Your Books [0] is amazing for this, but is limited to the cookery world.
You tell it what books you own. It knows what’s in them but does not show you the contents. You search for whatever you have in the fridge. It tells you to go to book x, page y, and there’s the recipe.
Oh, and it includes magazines.