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

I wanted the scanner to help me digitize and keep the various logbooks and other documents related to the aircraft I own. The plane is around 25 years old, and there are nearly 40 handwritten hardcover books detailing every service and upgrade it has undergone since its introduction, as well as receipts, inspection reports, and all manner of other information that fills all four today Filing cabinets with drawer. I looked at several scanners and chose CZUR for the following reasons: 1. It works with my Mac.2. It's fast and designed to work with hardcover books.3. Optics and resolution seem suitable for working with handwritten documents that I have. For the most part I'm happy with the results. I managed to do that with CZUR. First of all, the resulting scans are of the highest quality. Although the original document may be warped near the spine, digital scanning "flattens" the page, making it appear as if you cut the binding and flattened the page. The same technology also works with individual pages that are folded or curled, making them appear flatter than they really are. This is a great feature - other scanners I've tried either require the pages to be unbound (ie the binder cut) or they display the writing on a curved line and are often fuzzy. CZUR is by far the best solution I've seen in this regard. The scanner is of good quality and appears to be very well made. It's more than I expected, but not so much that you need a lot of space to work. However, it exudes quality and looks pretty solid overall. Set up was easy too. Although the device comes with the software on DVD, it is also available in download format from the manufacturer's site (this was important to me as I don't have a DVD drive on my Mac where I want to use the scanner). It was a simple post-boot install and I was up and running in minutes. The scanner connects to the computer with a single USB cable. I plugged it into a USB 3 port, although I don't think so that this device is actually a USB 3 device. The scanner also requires power (regular outlet) and an additional scan button to activate the scanner, or a foot pedal, or a separate external button on a small panel. When scanning books, you typically need both hands to hold the book open, and an optional foot pedal allows you to activate the scanner without taking your hands off your work. The external button works the same way, but the idea is that you can set it up to be activated with your knee, elbow, or whatever. When you're not using them, there are also scanner controls on the device itself. The scanner also has well-placed lights that generally illuminate what you're scanning fairly evenly. On larger pages, I noticed a slight darkening in the bottom left and right corners, but it's not enough to cause any complaints. However, if you're scanning artwork or something more important, you can invest in a photographer's copy stand with a second pair of lamps. CZUR also offers a black scan mat so the software can more accurately see the edges of anything you scan. I found that without the matte I would get most of the background on the scan in addition to the side I wanted. After setting it up, I found that you could do a full high-resolution scan of an open document (i.e. two pages) in just a second or two. The colors are accurate, the exposure seems good, and the laser flash on the page gives you a good indication of when to move on to the next page without looking at your computer monitor. The vendor claims to be able to scan a 300-page book in ten minutes, and I'd say that's probably true. Definitely a blessing for someone like me who needs to scan hundreds and hundreds of pages. Looking at the software that comes with CZUR I found it to be the weakest product. The product has many features and functions, but they are not always easy to use. For example, when you scan, sometimes you see a page that doesn't get scanned, so you do it a second time. Works well, but it can be a hassle to exclude these sites, if you go back and merge images into one PDF. We also found a bug where when scanning small booklets in two-page mode, the resulting image was displayed at a 45-degree angle in the viewer. The software has many additional features, such as the ability to merge pages into a single searchable PDF. This feature uses OCR to generate the search index and generally works quite well. Of course, you can also transfer images from the scanner to software like Adobe Acrobat (or whatever you like) to edit them however you like. To be clear, there's nothing about the software stopping me from getting the job done - it just isn't the easiest to use and some of the tasks can be frustrating. When a manufacturer reads this review, I would advise him to invest in a top notch UX designer and you will have an amazing product. All in all, this is a wonderful document scanner for the price, even with the software flaws I've pointed out. For those,