pi-scan

Pi Scan is a simple, robust capture appliance for book scanners. It runs on a Raspberry Pi 2. (by Tenrec-Builders)

Pi-scan Alternatives

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pi-scan reviews and mentions

Posts with mentions or reviews of pi-scan. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-01.
  • DIY Book Scanner
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Jun 2021
    I built one of these out of pine 2x4s and plywood. I thought it would be cheaper than buying one (I was wrong) but I'm also not a skilled woodworker and had to buy most of the tools.

    It works quite well and I digitised dozens of textbooks I'd purchased and needed to reference but couldn't carry around every day while finishing my masters. My one had 2 Nikon mirrorless cameras controlled via Pi-Scan. https://github.com/Tenrec-Builders/pi-scan

    I had a smaller toggle switch wired to the GPIO pins so I could click the scan next button without having to take my hands of the book. Once I got used to the workflow I could scan about 1000 pages per hour while watching Netflix.

    I replaced it with a Czur scanner that isn't as good, but is a lot smaller and is good enough for my less demanding needs now that I'm not doing a masters degree :D

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Tenrec-Builders/pi-scan is an open source project licensed under BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of pi-scan is Python.


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