On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:51:02 +0100 Simon Wears wrote: > On 18 August 2010 19:02, Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> 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 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 hit a nice big 'GO' button, and > > > it would scan it all into a single PDF. Bonus points if it can > > > scan both sides of the paper in one go. > > > > > > Also, has anyone tried any available OCR software for Ubuntu? > > > It'd be great if I could scan in my notes into text, which would > > > make them all searchable! > > > > > > Simon Wears > > > http://MunkyJunky.comb > > > > > > > Hmm, it's been a while since I looked into scanners, guess it > > depends how much you want to spend. IIRC some of the higher end HP > > ScanJet scanners have ADF feeder options although the scanners I've > > seen in the shops tend to be basic flat bed models. > > > > Guess it depends on your budget, but maybe you could look at a > > combined scanner/copier/printer with ADF unit (they seem to be more > > readily available). One such printer I tried recently was a > > Lexmark (X264) which was networked and scanned to e-mail, so > > basically you could scan anything and it would convert it to a PDF > > (it supported colour and black and white) and would e-mail it out. > > > > As far as OCR software goes, I've never tried any on Linux, last > > time I tried OCR software was on Windows and I'm not sure if it's > > improved or not, it certainly wasn't good enough to read > > handwriting. You say your notes are in text, will they be > > handwritten notes or typed up? > > > > Rob > 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://MunkyJunky.com
I have found that a large number of USB scanners "just work". The biggest issue I have found when trying to scan in what is essentially B/W "line-art" is getting the contrast/brightness settings right so the scanned version is legible. Grant. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
