Review on 📚 CZUR Aura X Pro Personal Portable Book Scanner: Enhanced Mobility Document Scanner with Built-in Battery, Windows & macOS Compatibility by Brandon Hilton

FIRST IMPRESSION: There were three boxes: 1) Standard Revain shipping box 2) CZUR shipping box (I believe this is used to store the device in the US distribution center. Taped to the box) outside This box was a small plastic tool to cut the packing tape.. Nice finishing. 3) Sturdy black cardboard box with CZUR logo. This black box can be used to store and transport the scanner and accessories when needed. It featured a well-designed foam cutout inside with not only cutouts for the components but also finger holes, making them easier to remove (another nice touch). Everything was well protected. Components include scanner (pre-assembled except for connecting side lights), power supply, foot pedal remote, hand button remote, USB cable for PC, side lights, anti-glare black mat for scanning area detection, a software CD and whatnot, you name fingertips. These are pieces of plastic with designs on them that you place on your thumbs to hold the pages in place. The software recognizes the patterns and attempts to remove flip-flops from images. For me, it helped keep my fingers out of the way better than cribs. In the case of children's beds, there was always a residual area with a different color tone on the scanned items, where the algorithm tried to remove the clamshells from the image. He did a much better job simply removing my thumbs from the picture. ASSEMBLY: Assembly was trivial and consisted of removing parts from the box and connecting some cables (power, USB to computer and one of the remote controls - a pedal or manual button). ) and the connection of additional side lighting to the B-pillar. I thought this was a weak point as the lights are only held by a fork and can easily be knocked off. All lighting is LED and the device has a bare minimum of switches (on/off, light brighter on/off/off, scan button (probably rarely if ever used, zoom in and out). The device also comes with a small LED screen supplied Display of the scanning area, although it is easier use the display on a computer. By the way, the laptop works fine. There is a separate touch switch on the back of the side lights to turn them on and off independently of the overhead light. The package also includes a software CD, although it's easy to download it from the CZUR website and get the latest version. Run the executable and follow the instructions. There are drivers for MAC/Windows 7, 8, 10. USING THE SCANNER: The scanner software works surprisingly well, although it's not always intuitive as to where you need to be and what settings to choose in order to do anything. Just play with it - you won't hurt anything if you get it wrong. Although you can scan almost anything, I recommend you it for scanning bound objects (books and pamphlets that you don't want to analyze). . In programming mode, select one or two pages at a time. Place the object on the mat, align the center laser line roughly with the center of your book, press the edges if necessary, and step on the pedal. Then process the images, try to properly split them into two sides (if necessary), remove fingers or fingertips and save them in the cache (this is important - if you exit the program without saving to disk, your images will be lost, but the software will warn you ). At this point, turn the page and repeat for the next few pages. Total time per page from 1-1/2 to 3 seconds (most time is spent processing pages and waiting for you to turn the page). Timing will improve as you get more into the rhythm and develop the rhythm. After After you have scanned the book, select "Save" in the software and then select TIFF, JPG, Word (OCR), PDF or Searchable PDF (OCR). ). Integrated OCR software. Aside from simplifying the instructions, that's pretty much it. Provision is made for page rescanning and page replacement. Books are usually saved as one of the PDF files (neither MOBI nor ePUB, unfortunately). FINAL THOUGHTS: The scanner is very well made, very stylish (just like the picture) and works really well. This is not ideal and sometimes distorts the page. The software automatically "flattens" (I don't know how to turn it off) curved pages like bound books. For me, this is the best feature you can use to scan bound books and pamphlets. The software is usable, but it would be much better if the graphic designer and user interface designer updated it. Whatever the case, he'll do his job; it just takes getting used to. Overall I'm very happy with the scanner and look forward to using it for archiving my book library as well as scanning all those cumbersome scraps of paper. My negative impressions relate to the method of attaching the parking lights, the non-intuitive software interface and the lack of MOBI or ePub capability. Especially since you are most likely trying to scan physical books into e-books. Although pricey I don't see anything on the market that gives you that much for the money. I recommend it if you are on a budget and need to store a lot of books (e.g. in the local or departmental library). Oh, did I mention it's a great table lamp? If only time hadn't run out and it hadn't gotten dark. that it's a great table lamp? If only time hadn't run out and it hadn't gotten dark. that it's a great table lamp? If only time hadn't run out and it hadn't gotten dark.