Comments on: My New Document Scanner http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/ The Life and Times of Aditya Sengupta Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:44:33 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: john143 http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-602 john143 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:11:57 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-602 Great post, really enjoyed this article, many thanks for posting this. Great post, really enjoyed this article, many thanks for posting this.

]]> By: ales1212 http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-597 ales1212 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:51:15 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-597 That looks very.. hand made. So, what resolution do you get on your new document scanner? I need to scan my <a rel="follow" href="http://www.realdealdocs.com/" rel="nofollow">employment agreement</a> and I think I'm going to use your idea. thanks! That looks very.. hand made. So, what resolution do you get on your new document scanner? I need to scan my employment agreement and I think I'm going to use your idea. thanks!

]]> By: check scanner http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-568 check scanner Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:47:08 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-568 Thanks for sharing this useful information.. I'm sure that you really study this thing..<br>I'm glad that I dropped in this post.. Thanks for sharing this useful information.. I'm sure that you really study this thing..
I'm glad that I dropped in this post..

]]> By: Minnny http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Minnny Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:08:36 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-564 What a unique scanner! Where did you get that idea from? What a unique scanner! Where did you get that idea from?

]]> By: Vignetting Life Blog Archive My New Document Scanner | Wood TV Stand http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Vignetting Life Blog Archive My New Document Scanner | Wood TV Stand Sun, 31 May 2009 23:40:55 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-502 [...] Vignetting Life Blog Archive My New Document Scanner Posted by root 1 hour 59 minutes ago (http://vignettinglife.com) Oct 26 2008 your comment is awaiting approval by a moderator i 39 ve done this without the tripod stand haha popular posts powered by disqus powered by wordpress log in entries rss comments rss arthemia Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Vignetting Life Blog Archive My New Document Scanner [...] [...] Vignetting Life Blog Archive My New Document Scanner Posted by root 1 hour 59 minutes ago (http://vignettinglife.com) Oct 26 2008 your comment is awaiting approval by a moderator i 39 ve done this without the tripod stand haha popular posts powered by disqus powered by wordpress log in entries rss comments rss arthemia Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Vignetting Life Blog Archive My New Document Scanner [...]

]]> By: Boston Movers http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Boston Movers Fri, 08 May 2009 21:18:04 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-486 awkward connection between the tripod and the phone,,<br>But indeed a great phone app. awkward connection between the tripod and the phone,,
But indeed a great phone app.

]]> By: Steam Cleaning http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Steam Cleaning Fri, 08 May 2009 19:00:44 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-485 Good innovative phone application..<br>Thanks for having that showcased in this blog. Good innovative phone application..
Thanks for having that showcased in this blog.

]]> By: Document Scanning Blog http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Document Scanning Blog Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:09:40 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-479 Nice set-up. Have you tried using Qipit online copy service as a document scanning solution for your smartphone.<br><br><a href="http://newyorkdocumentscanning.info/web-based/document-scanning-with-your-smartphone/" rel="nofollow">Document Scanning with your smartphone and Qipit online copy</a> Nice set-up. Have you tried using Qipit online copy service as a document scanning solution for your smartphone.

Document Scanning with your smartphone and Qipit online copy

]]> By: Document Scanning Blog http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Document Scanning Blog Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:29:08 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-444 A camera phone with Qipit is a good solution. You can even use Qipit to manage your files. Check out our recent article about this<br><br><a href="http://newyorkdocumentscanning.info/web-based/document-scanning-with-your-smartphone/" rel="nofollow">http://newyorkdocumentscanning.info/web-based/d...</a> A camera phone with Qipit is a good solution. You can even use Qipit to manage your files. Check out our recent article about this

http://newyorkdocumentscanning.info/web-based/d...

]]> By: E-File Document Scanning http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-326 E-File Document Scanning Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:22:00 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-326 Hahaha nice, very clever. I think I saw someone else do this with an iPhone as well.. Hahaha nice, very clever. I think I saw someone else do this with an iPhone as well..

]]> By: seotest http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-255 seotest Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:04:29 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-255 looks like cool gadget, but im just wondering there is needing stan <br>by the way good conversation looks like cool gadget, but im just wondering there is needing stan
by the way good conversation

]]> By: Aditya Sengupta http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Aditya Sengupta Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:31:39 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-220 @Sathya :D<br><br>@Wanderer Thanks for the link. I’ve tried out some OCR software in the past- Softi’s FreeOCR (which uses the Tesseract engine- the one which is used by Google to scan PDF files (remember the ‘View as HTML’ option?)) and ABBYY’s FineReader. In my experience, ABBYY’s probably the best of the lot. Again, the images, being 2MP, aren’t exactly ideal for OCR. I’ll give it a shot with a better camera (if I can get a better one/fix my existing one).<br><br>And like you said- you have to go back and forth between the image and the extracted text to make sure of the correctness. This is a pain. Although, there are times in college where going through this is worth it. I think you’ve got a fairly good idea what I’m talking about ;-) @Sathya :D

@Wanderer Thanks for the link. I’ve tried out some OCR software in the past- Softi’s FreeOCR (which uses the Tesseract engine- the one which is used by Google to scan PDF files (remember the ‘View as HTML’ option?)) and ABBYY’s FineReader. In my experience, ABBYY’s probably the best of the lot. Again, the images, being 2MP, aren’t exactly ideal for OCR. I’ll give it a shot with a better camera (if I can get a better one/fix my existing one).

And like you said- you have to go back and forth between the image and the extracted text to make sure of the correctness. This is a pain. Although, there are times in college where going through this is worth it. I think you’ve got a fairly good idea what I’m talking about ;-)

]]> By: Wanderer http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Wanderer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:30:39 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-219 If you’re scanning/photographing printed pages and want to convert the text in the images to editable text, you could use this<br><br><a href="http://topocr.com/download.html">http://topocr.com/download.html</a><br><br>It “reads” the text in the image and attempts to convert it into editable text that can be used anywhere. It does a fair job. But you have to go back and forth between the image and the extracted text to make sure of the correctness. The software may read “close” as “dose”, commas as full-stops etc. I guess it depends on the clarity and size of the text in the original image itself.<br><br>Nevertheless, quite useful. If you’re scanning/photographing printed pages and want to convert the text in the images to editable text, you could use this

http://topocr.com/download.html

It “reads” the text in the image and attempts to convert it into editable text that can be used anywhere. It does a fair job. But you have to go back and forth between the image and the extracted text to make sure of the correctness. The software may read “close” as “dose”, commas as full-stops etc. I guess it depends on the clarity and size of the text in the original image itself.

Nevertheless, quite useful.

]]> By: Sathya http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Sathya Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:29:07 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-218 Hehe seems you have plenty of experience in these things :P Anyways thinking out-of-the-box is good ;) Hehe seems you have plenty of experience in these things :P Anyways thinking out-of-the-box is good ;)

]]> By: Aditya Sengupta http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Aditya Sengupta Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:28:25 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-217 @Sathya Thanks. The clarity of text depends on the size of the page. From experience (and being a student, I have a LOT of experience using cellphone cameras to take pictures of notes, journals, assignments, etc.), the camera I have (a 2 MP one) gives clear text when the size of the page is up to A4. Any bigger, and it gets hazy. Taking pictures of an open textbook is sort of tricky- the large size and the curvature makes the pictures a bit hazy most of the time. @Sathya Thanks. The clarity of text depends on the size of the page. From experience (and being a student, I have a LOT of experience using cellphone cameras to take pictures of notes, journals, assignments, etc.), the camera I have (a 2 MP one) gives clear text when the size of the page is up to A4. Any bigger, and it gets hazy. Taking pictures of an open textbook is sort of tricky- the large size and the curvature makes the pictures a bit hazy most of the time.

]]> By: Sathya http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Sathya Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:27:28 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-216 Great thinking! The text has come out clear ? Great thinking! The text has come out clear ?

]]> By: Aditya Sengupta http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Aditya Sengupta Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:23:19 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-215 All right. I’ve just tried Qipit, ScanR and Snapter. Qipit and Snapter have both choked on the images I’ve sent through- with Qipit sending back nothing but an error message without details, and Snapter crashing continuously. While ScanR has been able to come up with some readable images, The quality hasn’t really been very good.<br><br>To be fair, the quality of the input set isn’t that great, but it is a realistic set that one would come up with in normal circumstances. I’ll give it another shot with better images later and see how that goes. All right. I’ve just tried Qipit, ScanR and Snapter. Qipit and Snapter have both choked on the images I’ve sent through- with Qipit sending back nothing but an error message without details, and Snapter crashing continuously. While ScanR has been able to come up with some readable images, The quality hasn’t really been very good.

To be fair, the quality of the input set isn’t that great, but it is a realistic set that one would come up with in normal circumstances. I’ll give it another shot with better images later and see how that goes.

]]> By: Aditya Sengupta http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Aditya Sengupta Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:22:08 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-214 @Kabir Thanks mate.<br><br>@Harsh Many thanks. I had read about Qipit somewhere ages ago, but had forgotten the name and lost the link. Thanks for link. I’ve just signed up and am uploading a couple of images to the site. Lets see how those turn out.<br><br>@Anne :D Haven’t we all? I needed a mechanism to scan a LOT of pages- so this is the best thing I could think of at my budget.<br><br>—-<br>To add a note here- this setup still requires a fair bit of manual work- with flipping pages and clicking the photograph. I’ve been looking around for a decent piece of software that would allow me to control the camera via bluetooth, but I haven’t found anything satisfactory yet. I have tried taking photographs with the sequence mode on my phone, but photographs are taken far too rapidly in succession to be able to flip pages in time. So there is quite a bit of room for improvement yet. @Kabir Thanks mate.

@Harsh Many thanks. I had read about Qipit somewhere ages ago, but had forgotten the name and lost the link. Thanks for link. I’ve just signed up and am uploading a couple of images to the site. Lets see how those turn out.

@Anne :D Haven’t we all? I needed a mechanism to scan a LOT of pages- so this is the best thing I could think of at my budget.

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To add a note here- this setup still requires a fair bit of manual work- with flipping pages and clicking the photograph. I’ve been looking around for a decent piece of software that would allow me to control the camera via bluetooth, but I haven’t found anything satisfactory yet. I have tried taking photographs with the sequence mode on my phone, but photographs are taken far too rapidly in succession to be able to flip pages in time. So there is quite a bit of room for improvement yet.

]]> By: Anne http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Anne Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:20:59 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-213 Haha. I've done this (without the tripod stand). Haha. I’ve done this (without the tripod stand). Haha. I've done this (without the tripod stand). Haha. I’ve done this (without the tripod stand).

]]> By: Harsh http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Harsh Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:18:34 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-212 After taking the shots of the notes (Handwritten or printed), using the Qipit service could do you a great deal of benefit! You can even send to it via the mobile itself. Check Qipit out @ <a href="http://www.qipit.com/">http://www.qipit.com/</a> After taking the shots of the notes (Handwritten or printed), using the Qipit service could do you a great deal of benefit! You can even send to it via the mobile itself. Check Qipit out @ http://www.qipit.com/

]]> By: Kabir Kukreti http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Kabir Kukreti Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:15:22 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-211 Wow !!<br>Get this patented dude !! Wow !!
Get this patented dude !!

]]> By: Aditya Sengupta http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Aditya Sengupta Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:03:12 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-210 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Anonymous Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:54:31 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-209 Very innovative indeed! Very innovative indeed!

]]> By: Aditya Sengupta http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Aditya Sengupta Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-208 Testing Disqus. Hello World! Testing Disqus. Hello World!

]]> By: Aditya http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Aditya Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:14 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-206 ==Warning== A lot of comments missing for this post due to a database backup problem ==Warning==

A lot of comments missing for this post due to a database backup problem

]]> By: Aditya http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Aditya Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:55:54 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-205 Fair enough. But who said anything about NEEDING bluetooth? Fair enough. But who said anything about NEEDING bluetooth?

]]> By: Zai http://vignettinglife.com/my-new-document-scanner/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Zai Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:19:10 +0000 http://vignettinglife.com/?p=60#comment-204 you don't NEED bluetooth if you can transfer pics from your mobile to your computer by any other means. (cable, mem card) you don’t NEED bluetooth if you can transfer pics from your mobile to your computer by any other means. (cable, mem card)

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