Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-18 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Dave Walker wrote: > Currently I have automated the scan process producing a PDF and an OCR'd > txt file. If I find time this week, I will try and work on it further - > and maybe create a project on launchpad hosting the source. yes please, I was just thinking about the required tools to do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
filename or other method, or are you relying on the text document to provide the linkage? E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Walker Sent: 16 September 2007 15:56 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage On Sun, 2007-09

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Dave Walker
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 12:10 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Morning Folks > > In the list's opinion which is the best way to store documents? > > In particular, as my own filing system is, well non existant, I was thinking > about scanning all necessary documents and then storing them eithre to HD or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:10:13 +0100 "Ian Pascoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thoughts, apart from sorting out my paper filing system! I'd recommend keeping both an image file of the document and a text file from OCR. The text is really useful for searching, but in my experience will have errors,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Alec Wright
100DPI JPEG is usually fine for me - if you can, adjust the quality to get the best compression while still leaving it readable. On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 12:10 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Morning Folks > > In the list's opinion which is the best way to store documents? > > In particular, as my own f

[ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
Morning Folks In the list's opinion which is the best way to store documents? In particular, as my own filing system is, well non existant, I was thinking about scanning all necessary documents and then storing them eithre to HD or CD / DVD. I've been trying to work out in my own mind what would