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Thanks for the mention - we're watching the Ion with interest. It's pretty obvious that the Ion design is inspired by the DIY book scanner builders out there (D
by daniel_reetz 16y ago
Thanks for the mention - we're watching the Ion with interest. It's pretty obvious that the Ion design is inspired by the DIY book scanner builders out there (DIYBookScanner, BKRPR).
I hope they do a good job of it. Honestly, I'll be shocked if they meet their claimed $149 price point and have quality beyond webcam-capture. If they do, it will be an awesome device, so I hope they do. Also, right now, they claim 7 seconds for two pages, which is a damned eternity.
If anyone has any pet projects that they need motivation or advice to do, we've got a really active community of book scanners, hackers, and builders developing new technology daily. If it involves a camera and a book, we've probably tried it and the locals are quite friendly.
- 2mur 16y agoThanks for all of your work on this stuff dan!
- daniel_reetz 16y agoYou're totally welcome -- I'm absolutely grateful to all the people that shared back. It's kept me going this whole time.
- pontifier 16y agoI went to home depot yesterday to get everything I need (except the cameras which I got a few days ago), and am going to start building my new standard scanner today... I'm super excited.
- daniel_reetz 16y agoHey pontifier -- that's great! Congratulations! Be sure to check out clemd973's build thread -- he really worked out a lot of the problems with the New Standard. Link: http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=698&start=0 http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=... Also, feel free to email/PM me. danreetz/gmail