Thought I would give a review of 1dollarscan.com, now that they have finished with a book I sent to them.
First of all, 1dollarscan is based in California, so this one is primarily for people who live in the USA and already have some books in hand. I imagine the ones in Japan have similar options and quality though.
I had them scan a Japanese textbook for me, which contains English, Japanese, and furigana, all written left to right.
I chose the 600dpi option (because i was concerned with being able to read it clearly when I zoom in) as well as the high quality touch up option (which is supposed to provide for better ocr quality).
As far as the OCR goes for Japanese text, it was riddled with mistakes. Some pages seemed almost completely lost, while other pages had near perfect accuracy (except for furigana, which always ended up mangled).
Interestingly, the English OCR is almost consistently worse than the Japanese.
All in all, I think the basic scanning service ($1 per set) is a great value if you are just looking to get a book scanned.
The high resolution option worked as expected, but at $2 a set, it can really pump the price up. I honestly think I would have been just fine with the standard resolution of 300dpi.
And then finally, the "high quality touch up" option at $2 a set was just a complete waste of money. You might want to try the basic OCR option instead, which is only $1 per set. Or perhaps try running your own ocr software on the pdf you get from them.
Here is example text from 1 page:
Quote:風日iに(おli坊を人れる runa hot bath; fill up the bath-
tub with hot water
ホテルの部尽に反ると、すぐにお風呂にお湯を人れ
たヲ Assoon as 1 got back to my hotel room， 1 ran a hot
bath.
? ろ O ; T .1'，
!重Udの(お)湯を務とす pullthe plug out of the bathtub
(and drain the water)
ふ ろ わ
風日を沸かす preparethe bath
かえ ふ ろ 1 まい b ろ わ
帰ったらすぐにお風呂に入りたいから、お風呂を沸
かしておいてね。 1want to take a bath right after 1
get home， 50 will you prepare it for me?
ふ ろ わ
思ちがiりている theba出 isrea釘
風日を(水で)うめる makethe bath water less hot (by
adding cold water)
ふ ろ はい
風日に入る takea bath
o ろ ゆ ぷ ね
風目/湯船につかる 50akin a bathtub
さ む ひ あつ ふ ろ
こんな寒い日は、熱いお風呂にゆっくりっかりたい。
On a cold day like this， 1 feellike soaking in a nice
hotbath.
ふ ろ あ
風呂から上がる getout of the bath
ひ と ふ ろ あ
一風日浴びる takea bath
ひ と か ろ あ
一風呂浴びてビールにしよう 1think 1'11 take a
bath and then have some beer.
ふ ろ あ せ な が
風呂で汗を流す wa5hoff one'5 5weat in the bath
ゆ き
お湯を冷ます 1et(hot) water coo1 down
ゆ き
お湯が冷める hotwater coo15 down
ゅ
お湯をうめる addcold water (to the bath) to lower the
Edited: 2013-10-18, 1:37 pm
