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@AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 1 year ago

At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand.

files.catbox.moe

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At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand.

files.catbox.moe

@AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 1 year ago
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  • @pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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    I’d just use a bandsaw to cut off the spine and stick it in a document feeder.

    • Gloomy
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      Leave that poor woman alone you psycho!

    • @antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      If the book is not that easily available (old, rare), it’s much better to keep it intact.

    • @Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com
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      This must be how you get “binders full of women”

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