Business Card & Whiteboard Capturing
3 November, 2006 Posted by
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scanR is a free service to snap a quick photho of a business with at least 2-megapixel camera, then e-mail the image to scanR. In short order you’ll receive an e-mail containing a completed vCard to import into your contact manager.
scanR can also be used capturing whiteboards. A one-megapixel phone or camera will do; when you e-mail the photo to scanR, you get a PDF in return. scanR works with documents as well, but again you need a two-megapixel camera.
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Actually, the mobile copy technology and concept you’re describing was first pioneered and showcased in 2005 by an innovative European company called Realeyes3D. They have launched a service in the US called qipit (www.qipit.com) during DEMOFall 2006 last september. With qipit you can use your camera phone or digital camera to turn pictures into documents in seconds. You can then easily share the black and white or color clear crisp digital copies with anybody from or store them online in your private, secure document center.
I did try the service and can tell you it works in almost any lighting conditions and delivers very good quality copies, provided you have a decent camera phone (1.3 + Mpixel w/ autofocus)