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Ask HN: Scanning a Closed Notebook/Book?

2 points by desertraven ↗ HN
Hi. I was just looking at the post regarding the Vesuvius Challenge - scanning old scrolls for readable text.

I'm wondering if this is possible for notebooks. I often use pen and paper and fill small notebooks up quite quickly. I'd prefer not to scan/OCR every page individually.

Are there any methods that could potentially scan the notebook as a whole and parse the text inside? Maybe if using a special pen?

Any thoughts?

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stop50
why not something like the remarkable(the hardware, the stock os is not so mich usable for this)?
desertraven
I have considered. But I only carry a small pocket book (about the size of a passport), and don't intend on carrying tech around. Thanks for the suggestion though!