Tito, Just some comments from experience but not directly related to your
request. I have scanned a fairly large number of documents (mostly thin
brochures in which the staples could be removed) using a low-cost flatbed
scanner. The one I use is in the Canon LIDE series - these use LEDs and
work off USB power (no additional powercord). They are quite inexpensive
(around Rs 3000) but slow (like all flatbed scanners). It is useful if you
are doing high resolution scans of images. If your focus is more on text
- and it readability or OCR-ability  - then a digital camera based rig
works much more efficiently. Lots of sites on DIY book-scanners (and you
can probably get Viswaprabha to demo you Scantailor). For library research
purpose copying I routinely use a small pocket digital camera and it does a
perfectly good job. Most librarians I have met have been ok with their use.

best wishes
Shyamal





On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> For a year or more I have been looking for an individual grant to buy a
> simple image scanner.
> My most recent application was at Ta Wikipedia
> <https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88#User:Titodutta>
>
> From that application:, I need a scanner regularly, so I would not be able
> to do all works in a particular period (for example, someone says, "take a
> scanner for two weeks and return after that)
>
> Can anyone give me oive me one?
>
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