There is indeed a way to use lasers to read 78s without touching the surface, and the gear is availble. Though probably not at a price most of us would like. Here’s one example: www.elpj.com
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user1234@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
I always thought it would be neat to use a laser or high resolution scanner to image a record have a computer analyze it and convert the images to audio. Not sure if this has been done, but if not it would be cool to figure out.
kalkulat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
linuxguy@lemmy.gregw.us 11 months ago
It has been done! ofersp.github.io/digital_needle/
user1234@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Nice!