CZUR Aura Pro Book and Document Scanner

A GREAT Scanner

I really like this scanner. Does almost all of what I need it to. It does have a bit of trouble with very dark images where the quality doesn't allow you to see some of the finer details. I would also like to point out that the mat they send with it is simply too reflective, causing it to mistake some of the reflection across the leather as another part of the scan so I did have to get a sticky felt pad to put across it to take away that reflection and now it works absolutely perfect with that regard. It's not a problem just a note. Other than that I don't regret getting this at all. It works great and the fine details problem was kind of expected. Would definitely recommend.

Brian J. Resnevic

August 5, 2026

Great for scanning books.

This does everything that I would want a scanner to do.

I got this to take with me to a university library to get images from yearbooks. It has worked like a charm!

Good product

Best I've seen. Easy to set up. Able to take several hundred page books and convert them into PDF. It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty close.

Not recommended unless using for OCR

This item was a great concept but does NOT work well at all for anything with a gloss. I wanted to scan in old school year books and the light bleached out the pages so bad. I tried everything including using supplemental lighting to even it out, just nothing worked and "support" was zero help. On the flip side the AI detection of where the pages were was awesome.

Finally a Solution to Scanning Music

I am a pianist and this scanner has made scanning music for my iPad a breeze. In the past I have used flatbed scanners and well as my phone and the results were mixed at best and time consuming. I can open the music book and scan two pages at a time AND the software will not only flatten the pages, but will automatically take the next scan after the page is turned. The quality of the scans is excellent and the ease of use cannot be overstated.

I was thinking I might have to find a a place in the house where I could set it up for scanning, but am able to it right at my crowded desk (see pictures).

If you are a musician needing to get your music in PDF format for whatever purpose, this is the best!

Excellent Book Scanner

I bought the CZUR Aura Pro to digitize old Japanese Buddhist books, and it has exceeded my expectations. The setup took only a few minutes, and the foldable design saves space on my desk. The build feels sturdy but not heavy.

Scanning is fast and satisfying. Once I got into a rhythm with the foot pedal, I was scanning an entire 200-page book in under ten minutes. The image quality is excellent, even for small kanji. The curve-flattening feature handles old bindings well, and the software automatically splits the left and right pages into separate files with good accuracy.

Lighting is strong and even. The side lights reduce glare on glossy pages, which is important for older books printed on reflective paper. The OCR works with Japanese, and while it’s not perfect on rare characters, it saves a lot of time converting text into searchable PDFs.

It also doubles as a desk lamp, which I didn’t expect to use much, but it’s bright, adjustable, and genuinely useful.

Overall, the Aura Pro is a solid, thoughtfully designed scanner. It has turned what used to be a slow and stressful task into an efficient, almost meditative process. For anyone who works with books or historical texts, it’s an excellent investment.

CZUR Aura Pro saves time in scanning journals

The CZUR Aura Pro book and document scanner is amazing and has saved me so much time. It was well worth the money spent for the time it saved me. I have been scanning my journals using an old flatbed scanner, and it was taking forever. In the time it took me to scan 30 pages on my flatbed scanner, I was able to scan two full journals using the CZUR. Best purchase I have made in a long time. It is easy to download the software online, and it took me a total of 30 minutes from the time I opened the box to the time I scanned the first page of my journal. It was also very well packaged. I kept the box in case I ever want to travel with it.

Amazing scanner

I love this item. I have a calling at my church and I do history work for my church. I can books, records, newspaper articles and so much more. This scanner has made this work faster and so much easier.

CZUR scanner

The CZUR scanner works well and works the way it says. Good product!

Wow..!! Amazing Support!

I placed the lense back in, it was a little loose, but got it to stay in. A few days later I received an email from CZUR as a follow-up to my order asking if my parcel arrived ok and to let them know if there were any issues or concerns... I sent them the picture of the way I received the unit and let them know it "seemed" to be working ok. They responded with the unit should not arrived this way and it is likely broken even though I felt the unit seemed to be functioning fine. CZUR sent me a new replacement unit from their factory right away. I rarely write reviews, but I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE CZUR PRODUCT AND THEIR CUSTOMER SUPPORT..!!! You cannot go wrong with them and the quality of their product.

Initially not recognized as USB device, but you have to switch to scan mode

Tried different USB ports on different computers, tried turning it on and off.

Emailed tech support, they replied that the device needs to be switched to scan mode, otherwise it's just a light..

PhotoGraphics

February 9, 2020

Not what you might think it is

If you are considering this scanner you would do well to read my companion review for the same company’s professional model, simply known as the Czur Professional. In that review I comment that they are two entirely different devices but I make a strong case that many people looking at and reviewing that model don’t need it. I consider it an institutional model intended primarily for libraries, publishing houses and graphics studios. As a career photographer and graphics artist myself who owns a studio I find the big brother model to suit my needs but I caution that it really needs a dedicated space with controlled lighting to be used at its optimal performance.

THE DIFFERENCE

The first difference between the two is that this is a far more portable model, able to be set up and operational in a minute or so and put away just as quickly, making it more suitable for the casual home user who does not have the luxury of a dedicated graphics studio to work in. In fact you can even just leave it out on your desktop it’s so small, which is not the case with the high-end model.

Along with its slimmed down physique comes certain limitations though and most of them have to do with scanning books. In my other review I talk about the pro model having numerous automated features to compensate for the unique task of book scanning, and I also debunk those claims about a scanner’s speed being important, or even having anything to do with whether you should consider a certain brand or not. The task of scanning books requires a specialized device and even calling it a scanner is a misnomer, it is really a camera on a stand. It operates at one speed, everything else depends on how fast a human can place an object under its lens and get it positioned to take a capture of it.

IS IT A BOOK SCANNER

While I’m talking about misnomers I actually take issue with the company calling this a book scanner, which is attested to by the number of users who tried to use it that way and were disappointed. If your job is to scan books and you do it often and demand high quality results you need to buy a professional book scanner, not buy this one and then complain that it’s not good enough. Even the company’s own photos of their product on this page don’t show them scanning books, what they are scanning are documents and there is a world of difference between the two.

HOW ABOUT DOCUMENTS

So how does this thing do scanning documents? Since documents are generally flat and don’t have the unique needs of books (page turning, gutter shadows, cleaning up margins, etc) you could fairly easily take pictures of them with any good smartphone and clean up the results in a good photo editing program and that is in fact what I as a professional sometimes do with acceptable results. The benefit of the Aura-B is that it is a self-contained camera stand with everything you need, including software, and the lens is designed to compensate for imaging large images without distortion. This scanner would be ideal for someone who does a lot of such work, as a typical flatbed scanner usually only images up to a legal sized document. That’s when to buy this thing.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT USE FOR IT

One other use that gets overlooked with this thing is that it is a very competent replacement for those old overhead projectors businesspeople used to use in conferences. This is more portable and plugs in to most video/data projectors and is extremely simple to operate and it can project flat documents as well as 3-dimensional objects and for that task alone it is worth the price.

IS IT FOR YOU

I believe Czur has not yet hit their stride understanding their market, which is evidenced by how they choose to seed sample units for evaluation without qualifying how they will be used, and how they are implementing steep discounts for products that are manufactured to a much higher standard than most of what else is out there. When you use one of their products you can’t help but be impressed by the quality and pride of manufacture and that is carried through by superb customer support. They just need to find their niche and it’s for that reason that I have a hard time making any recommendations. I hope you read my reviews and I hope they are helpful, and if I can answer any questions I’ll try.

Amazing scanner

This product is amazing! It can scan the book and use the click to separate the page! Love it a lot

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Jimster480

December 16, 2019

An interesting and innovative book/document/object scanner, Get the ET18 if you will really use it

I've now tested both the E18 Pro and the Aura and the reason that this review is 4 stars is just because of how much better the E18 is.

This scanner doubles as a desk lamp and can fold up when its not closed... making it less obtrusive and more useful for the everyday user.

It comes with a foot pedal for hands free operation as well.

With that being said; It is really only for the casual user as the ET18 is really what this product should have been.

While this device can definitely detect the edges of items and straighten them and flatten book pages; it is much slower at accomplishing this and its AI is not nearly as good as object/edge detection as the ET18.

Additionally it has issues detecting objects that aren't placed directly underneath the light / camera.

In terms of the speed of image capture; it takes up-to 10 seconds to capture and process the image. Which can make taking many images painful and slow.

In comparison the ET18 takes an image and processes it in around 2-4 seconds.

To me this means that while the Aura is indeed a cool scanning product; it is really for the casual user that will sometimes need to scan a few pages of a book or magazine for reference or hobby.

In terms of the software; the CZUR Aura software is able to do the same things as the CZUR Scanner software for the ET18. However I found that the CZUR Scanner software detects the scanner extremely fast and operates quicker overall. Where as the CZUR Aura software was slower and took a while to find the scanner sometimes.

In terms of tech support; the Aura didn't work out of the box. But after talking to CZUR support they fixed my scanner over TeamViewer as the scanner itself needed to have a NEW ID written to it. My guess is that I have a pre-production model that didn't contain some of the data that a regular model will have if you purchase it today.

All in all this is a very innovative scanner that will surely change the concept of scanning over the next years. If you really need to use it today to scan in volumes of pages / books then I would invest in the CZUR ET18 Pro instead as it is just so much better and faster than this scanner. If you will just use it from time to time or only expect to scan a few pages a day / week; then this scanner is a great value and will fit better into your life. It takes up less space; and doubles as a desk lamp.

Personally you cannot go wrong with either option; just having tested both you should really weigh you use cases before you purchase any of the models.

If my review helped you at all; please mark it helpful! Thanks!