Scan an open book with a Mac visualizer (Vizo)

Use Scan › Book with Full Spread, Left → Right, or Right → Left — without taking the book apart.

Scan › Book is for an open book on the desk. Document is for loose pages. Card is for ID-sized originals. Snapshot is one plain frame. A book can stay open — you do not need to unbind it. A normal camera works. A document camera is steadier and clearer for the spread.

Scan the spread

Connect the camera and open Vizo. Allow Camera if asked.
Open the book under the camera. Flatten the gutter as much as you can without damaging the spine.
Open Scan and choose Book.
Pick Full Spread, Left → Right, or Right → Left for how you want the pages captured.
Scan. Adjust the crop if the gutter or the page edges need it.
Choose a format when you need PDF, Word, or an image — see export formats — then save on your Mac.

Turn the page and scan again for the next spread. Keep lighting even across both pages so the gutter does not fall into shadow. Multi-page Document batches are for loose sheets, not for Book mode’s open-spread tools.

Install Vizo from this website. macOS 11.5 or later.