[Athen] Face up scanner similar to Ion Book Saver?

[Gaeir Dietrich]

There is a do-it yourself scanner called, appropriately, DIY:

http://www.diybookscanner.org/ 

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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net 
408-996-6043

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-----Original Message-----
From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Todd
Schwanke
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:46 PM
To: ATHEN listserv
Subject: [Athen] Face up scanner similar to Ion Book Saver?

ATHEN:

Today I found out about the Ion Book Saver scanner that was announced last
year.  But, soon after that I found out that it also isn't going to go into
production.  It was to be a face up, v-shaped bound book scanner that scans
both pages at once.  You have to manually lift the scanning device out of
the book and turn the page manually.  Here's a Youtube video that shows a
preview version at last year's Consumer Electronic Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eAxYrhfyJw&t=0m57s

This was supposed to be less than $200.

Does anyone know of a similar device (face up and simultaneous dual page
scanning) on the market at a reasonable price?  The alternatives that I am
aware of are in the range of 10's of thousands of dollars to $100,000 plus.

Thanks, Todd
UW-Madison


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