[Digitalarchivists] [sudo-discuss] I want to establish a book scanner at Sudo room or in Oakland

Sat Dec 30 23:52:25 UTC 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