Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-19 Thread Simon Wears
Thanks for all the replies! Looks like I'll ignore the OCR idea then - that was just a 'it would be good if' idea. John, your idea of typing them up directly to my computer would be a bit tricky, since I don't own a laptop! Plus, I enjoy actually handwriting my notes since my course does a lot on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 August 2010 22:24, John Levin wrote: > No idea as to the state of dedicated handwriting recognition apps. If > you're taking notes, why not enter them directly onto your computer? Alternatively, type up the notes later. It will help reinforce the lecture. Of course you will have to give up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread John Levin
On 18/08/2010 19:51, Simon Wears wrote: > The idea would be to scan in my handwritten notes, but that would also > involve mathematical graphs & symbols, which it may not cope with well. > The OCR isn't as important, it would just be a nice feature. As long as > I can make a digital copy of my note

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread alan c
On 18/08/10 18:25, Simon Wears wrote: > Heyhey everybody! > > I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my university notes > this coming academic year. I was wondering if anyone has a scanner they can > recommend that works well with Ubuntu? Ideally it would be a tray-fed > scanner,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 August 2010 18:25, Simon Wears wrote: > Heyhey everybody! > I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my university notes > this coming academic year. I was wondering if anyone has a scanner they can > recommend that works well with Ubuntu? Ideally it would be a tray-fed > scan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Yorvyk
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:51:02 +0100 Simon Wears wrote: > > > > On 18 August 2010 19:02, Rob Beard wrote: > > > On 18/08/10 18:25, Simon Wears wrote: > > > Heyhey everybody! > > > > > > I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my university > > > notes this coming academic year

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Grant Sewell
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:51:02 +0100 Simon Wears wrote: > On 18 August 2010 19:02, Rob Beard wrote: > > > On 18/08/10 18:25, Simon Wears wrote: > > > Heyhey everybody! > > > > > > I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my > > > university notes this coming academic year. I was won

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Simon Wears
The idea would be to scan in my handwritten notes, but that would also involve mathematical graphs & symbols, which it may not cope with well. The OCR isn't as important, it would just be a nice feature. As long as I can make a digital copy of my notes easily it would do! Simon Wears http://MunkyJ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Rob Beard
On 18/08/10 18:25, Simon Wears wrote: > Heyhey everybody! > > I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my university > notes this coming academic year. I was wondering if anyone has a scanner > they can recommend that works well with Ubuntu? Ideally it would be a > tray-fed scanner,

[ubuntu-uk] Scanners & OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Simon Wears
Heyhey everybody! I'm looking at investing in a scanner so I can digitise my university notes this coming academic year. I was wondering if anyone has a scanner they can recommend that works well with Ubuntu? Ideally it would be a tray-fed scanner, so I can put in several sheets at a time and just