Libiry BookSpineScanner

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OCR Engine

Google Vision gives much better results for book spines

Google Cloud Vision API Key

How do I get an API key? (5 min)

Go to Google Cloud Console
Create a new project (or select existing)
Search "Cloud Vision API" and click Enable
Go to Credentials
Click "Create Credentials" → "API Key"
Copy the key and paste above

Cost: 1000 scans/month free, then ~$1.50/1000

Barcode mode (detect ISBN barcodes instead of text)

Enable when books have visible ISBN barcodes

Book Lookup Source

OCR Language

Language models are downloaded on demand by Tesseract.js

Export Format

Filename Pattern

Placeholders: [DATE], [TIME], [author], [booktitle]

Custom Field Names

Match your existing Obsidian notes

Cover: Title: Author: ISBN: Tags:

Include scan metadata in export Include confidence fields in export Include scanned photo in export

Google Books API Key (optional)

For higher API quota

Europeana API Key (required for Europeana)

Get free key at pro.europeana.eu - Best for historical/European works

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