It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/clav1970 on 2025-01-07 01:52:59.

I'm a PhD student and digitize text books to use during classes. I make pdf's so I can read them and use electronically. I also, like the spiral bind them to lay flat etc...

I'm trying to use scantailor advanced, but am bogged down with trying to install it. Apparently, using windows I have to build the program and don't really have time. Anyone have or know a good tutorial on how to build this program or an alternative free or low cost program.

My goal is to have a pdf that is low file size, but good quality to read and use. The current process is to scan at 300dpi and then compress, OCR and then use. File sizes are decent, but not great, but quality does get much worse.

Any suggestions?

Dennis