Editor’s note: I also posted this on my other blog at RecordingThoughts.com, but my reboot of that blog is a bit further behind so I’m posting here as well. My apologies to those who follow both.
I’ve got about 35 volumes of journals I’ve kept over the years, and I’d like to digitize them. The problem is there are so many options out there it’s overwhelming at first glance.
Mark Koester as a nice article, but it’s from 2019 and I suspect things are quite a bit different now.
I’m not going to buy a scanner to do this. I do have good lighting, and some space and a table, and I can get a pane of glass to hold things flat. I have an old iPhone 8 I can dedicate to the task, or an iPhone 14 Pro Max, or a Sony ZV-E10. Maybe the last with a zoom lens would be the best choice.
I’m not an artist so I don’t need to capture subtle shades or brushstrokes. I do want color, and I do want whatever OCR has to offer to make them searchable after the fact. I’m in the Apple ecosystem.
I’m just starting to search for ideas, so if you’ve got links or suggestions please let me know!
SWDuncan 