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Ask HN: App to locate the position of a book on shelf?
My son has 100s of books on his shelves. I want to locate a particular book. I'm certain of the name, and certain that the name is on the spine.
It seems feasible to have an app where you can:
1. Enter some text you want to search for.
2. Scan some shelves by waving your phone around.
3. See a still photo with the matching book(s) highlighted.
Do you know of such an app?
I know I could take some photos of the shelves, transfer them to my computer, use OCR and save them as a searchable PDF, but it seems like more effort than it should be.
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- stackbutterflow 4y agoPut them on the shelf in alphabetical order. Like in bookstores.